Someone made Windows 98 for your wrist, because why not?

Nostalgia tech seems to be all the rage lately. 

There's the recent re-launch of the Nokia 3330, which comes with the much-beloved game Snake. Then there's a wireless keyboard that looks and feels like an old-school typewriter. And someone recently made a browser extension that brings Clippy back to life. 

SEE ALSO: It's embarrassing how much I suck at playing 'Snake' on the new Nokia 3310

Following the trend, Michael Darby, a self-described "amateur technology project maker" who blogs at 314reactor.com, recently decided to create a wristwatch that runs Windows 98. Darby used QEMU, a processor emulator, to run Windows 98 on a Raspberry Pi A+. He also attached a 2.4-inch touchscreen to the DIY device and used Python to enable a series of external buttons. Read more...

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