Windows 95 just turned 30 — and it’s still being used to sort farm eggs


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If you thought Windows 95 was dead, think again. Apparently, the long outdated operating system is still in use on a farm near Düsseldorf, Germany, just as it has been for decades. Not bad for an operating system that just celebrated its 30-year anniversary on August 24th.

Every day, an egg sorting machine running on Windows 95 processes up to 40,000 eggs, reliably separating them according to size, weight, and origin.
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Windows 95 just turned 30 — and it's still being used to sort farm eggs

Here's yet another example of how Windows 95 remains functional and relevant, even in 2025.
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But you need to reboot the machine all the time. The chickens find that uncomfortable.

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    …still on a horse.

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    Father is bored too...
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    64.0 GB of transcendental dimensional RAM
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    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
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    N/A
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    27" Samsung Monitor/Alternative Dimensional Viewing Portal
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    Fuzzy after a couple drinks
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    2 or 3, depending on if it's a night they're arguing about having a "split personality crisis" because I partitioned the drive.
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    Shockingly active
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    Don't get on my case....man
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    Scotch on the rocks on the weekends.
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    Steel Series Lighted Glow in the dark something or another
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    Currently being stalked by the cat...
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    Yep
I have two machines with W95. :-)
 

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    MFM, IDE, SCSI
Pretty sure Microsoft had egg sorting in mind when they made it...

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    ASUS PRIME H570-PLUS
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    LG 32MA68HY 32" IPS
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    1920 x 1080
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    ANTEC P10 FLUX
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    be quiet! Pure Rock 2, 5 x 120 mm Case Fans
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    480 + Mbps Up/ 12+ Mbps Down
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    Avast
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    Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600MHz CL8
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    Antec 300
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    Cooler Master Hyper 212+, 4 Noctua NF-P12 120mm, 1 Noctua NF-P14 FLX
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