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Perslis · Windows & USB

Old Windows.
New evidence.

Windows 95 still carries old applications and workflows. To operate it reliably, we need to know how input devices are identified, whether their drivers start, and whether input survives a restart. We built USB Lab to turn those questions into inspectable evidence.

First target: USB mouse and tablet input in a Windows 95 VM

Windows 95 OSR2 · 0.1.0-preview.1

Win95 USB Lab

Diagnostics built · live input qualification pending

The published preview contains the probe, test tooling and 20 recorded host checks. It is a diagnostic package; compatible drivers are supplied separately. Mouse and tablet pointer input is the first release scope. USB storage and NIC support are separate follow-up work.

Findings and complete white paper →Download PDF ↓

Start with the VM preview

  1. Read the setup notes. Download and inspect the preview, checksums and documentation. The 20 host checks validate the tooling; they do not establish working guest USB input.
  2. Prepare the correct Windows 95 installation. Use your own licensed, installed Windows 95 OSR2 disk and compatible USB/HID drivers. Windows installation media is not included.
  3. Check guest identity before running. Perslis resolves the registered target and generation-specific guest profile, checking the disk and VM identity. An absent target disk stops the run instead of substituting another Windows release.
  4. Record all three stages. Check driver state and real click delivery, then repeat after a Windows restart and a cold boot. Each result must be tied to the same test run.
Download source preview ↓Instructions, checksums and evidence →

Physical hardware testing comes later. No physical USB support has been qualified. A VM pass also requires retained test evidence before it can be claimed.

The applications, the data, and the next job

Windows · Perslis

Legacy systems

Runtime context

Explore how Perslis studies existing applications, dependencies and execution environments, including the boundaries of its different execution paths.

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Data recovery · Product

Liberate

Pilot-grade product

Recover legacy application files into SQLite, CSV, JSON and searchable documents. The public product page covers supported file formats, the recovery workflow, hash manifests and receipts.

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Workflow · Operator guide

Jira Monkey

Installable terminal preview

A Jira ticket passes through Ollama triage, a chosen model and an Ollama review before returning to the queue or a human. Includes the project story, findings, installation guide and current validation scope.

Project and installation guide →Operator guide →