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It's a fully emulated PC: CPU, memory, hard drive, … The CPU especially took me very long to get right with all the details to run Windows 98. The code is her
by g3 11y ago
It's a fully emulated PC: CPU, memory, hard drive, …
The CPU especially took me very long to get right with all the details to run Windows 98.
The code is here: https://github.com/copy/v86 https://github.com/copy/v86
- ank_the_elder 11y agoThanks for that
- unixhero 11y agoIncredibly impressive. Greetings and high fives from the intertubes.
- Someone1234 11y agoDo you worry that Microsoft might threaten you for the Windows 98 image? I don't think they make a cent from it anymore, but big companies and common sense aren't common bedmates.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoSo far Microsoft haven't even sent me a C&D for https://win95.ajf.me/ https://win95.ajf.me/, and that site got media attention!
- zx2c4 11y agoNSA backdoor! https://github.com/copy/v86/commit/159f565de4dd99bff9b46c45aa7998ef35aa7168 https://github.com/copy/v86/commit/159f565de4dd99bff9b46c45a... Nope, Windows 98 undefined instruction.
- monocasa 11y agoYep! https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20041215-00/?p=37003 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20041215-00/?p=...
- winter_blue 11y agoThis is amazing. Really great work. Thanks for building this.
- yitchelle 11y agoThis is the most impressive part! Well done! So in theory, we can run anything that a real PC can run, albeit a Win98 speced PC. Any takers to get the next generation in the Windows series to run on it. WinXP? I think. PS: Just came across the HN discussion around the said x86 emulator. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6567967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6567967