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You wouldn't have run Windows 95 on your circa 1987 Tandy, there were massive changes in that time as well that impacted supported hardware when new OSes and software came out.

Mobile phones (smart phones in particular here) saw changes in 1-3 years that took 5-10 years on PCs. That has to be taken into consideration when trying to understand why a piece of hardware isn't supported by the latest OS or software.



> You wouldn't have run Windows 95 on your circa 1987 Tandy

Windows 95 (formally) did run on a PC that has an Intel 80386DX CPU of any speed and 4 MB of system RAM:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windows_95&oldid=962821687#System_requirements
The 80386DX CPU was launched in October 1985:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intel_80386&oldid=952503560




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