A Fan of Vintage Computing Counts Down to a Windows 95 Bug

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When Microsoft launched Windows 95, I was there — in Redmond, Washington, at its $200-million launch event. Microsoft flew in Jay Leno, the host of “The Tonight Show,” to emcee the event, and ultimately spent over $1 billion on its massive marketing blitz.

So, of course, Turing decided to boot it up and then leave it running for 49.7 days.

I thought I’d just sit back in the recliner and wait for the power to come back on…

And to whatever audience of followers had agglomerated for the spectacle, Turing promised to upload a copy of the video to Archive.org.

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