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Silly question, but is there an x86 instruction set emulator written in JavaScript? Not even Linux, just something that takes x86 instructions into a "virtual C

• kbeckmann 10y ago
  Not a silly question at all. I would also like to know this. Would be a fun way to play around with assembly without the need of a tool chain etc. Maybe even on your phone while on the train. If this doesn't exist already, I'd be happy to start working on something like this.
  • pmjordan 10y ago
    You could probably start from here: x86 Linux running in a web browser, also by Fabrice Bellard. http://bellard.org/jslinux/ http://bellard.org/jslinux/
• kyberias 10y ago
  Well, each and every PC emulator implemented in Javascript contains an x86 instruction emulator. For example: http://copy.sh/v86/ http://copy.sh/v86/ And many others...
• prashnts 10y ago
  Yep, v86 [0] is what you're looking for! There's even a demo with Linux 3. [1] [0] https://github.com/copy/v86 https://github.com/copy/v86 [1] https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=linux3 https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=linux3