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Tangentially related, it's possible to boot Windows 95 in a browser. https://www.pcjs.org/ https://www.pcjs.org/ I'd also like to ask about single-board compu

Tangentially related, it's possible to boot Windows 95 in a browser. https://www.pcjs.org/ https://www.pcjs.org/ I'd also like to ask about single-board computers that can run some version of Windows. I'm quite a fan of the Raspberry Pi, but there are times when I'd like to use software that only supports Windows XP or newer, and WINE doesn't cut it (e.g. iTunes with iPhone drivers, Age of Empires 2, PowerPoint).

mschuster91 7y ago
There are tiny x86 PCs or Compute-on-Module (Comexpress) available if you are willing to design a carrier board.
jodrellblank 7y ago
There is https://www.lattepanda.com/products/3.html https://www.lattepanda.com/products/3.html as a single board Win 10 computer, but the Amazon UK reviews are 1 glowing and 3 broken hardware and bad support, so YMMV.
berbec 7y ago
Check out https://up-shop.org/ https://up-shop.org/ - they sell Intel SBCs. I have a Up Core (quad-core, 4GB ram, 64GB eMMC) running Windows Server 2019.
shakna 7y ago
> I'd also like to ask about single-board computers that can run some version of Windows. I'm quite a fan of the Raspberry Pi I believe the Raspberry Pi 2 and later all support "Windows 10 IoT" now [0][1], but if memory serves IoT has a lot of limitations. It might be simpler to have a minimal distro that boots directly into something like QEMU, that should let you run Windows XP on the Pi. [0] https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/windows-10-for-iot/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/windows-10-for-iot/ [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot-core/tutorials/rpi https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot-core/tutorials/...
- peterburkimsher 7y ago
  Yes, Win10 IoT Core has a lot of limitations. It's fine for developers who are familiar with C# development in Visual Studio and want to use their same development tools for an IoT device, but it's not a desktop OS. Emulators are fine if the I/O works. Getting full resolution HDMI out of an emulated OS with any fps, or even just getting USB devices to mount is a hassle.
  - shakna 7y ago
    > Getting full resolution HDMI out of an emulated OS with any fps, or even just getting USB devices to mount is a hassle. QEMU has easy GPU passthrough, so that shouldn't be a hassle. And whilst the USB options are slightly more intimidating, you can passthrough that as well.
  - zyx321 7y ago
    There are unofficial projects that combine the drivers from IoT with the "full" ARM32 version of Win10. I tried it and it did boot, but on a pi 3B it was too slow to be usable. I'd want at least a pi 4B 2GB before trying again...
bcaa7f3a8bbc 7y ago
Age of Empires 2 works under Wine, it just needs some minor hacks. Last time I checked, the game launcher has an embedded webpage, and if it doesn't load, the "game start" button won't be laid out properly. Installing Internet Explorer 6 under Wine (by winetricks) fixes it...

mschuster91 7y ago

There are tiny x86 PCs or Compute-on-Module (Comexpress) available if you are willing to design a carrier board.

jodrellblank 7y ago

There is https://www.lattepanda.com/products/3.html https://www.lattepanda.com/products/3.html as a single board Win 10 computer, but the Amazon UK reviews are 1 glowing and 3 broken hardware and bad support, so YMMV.

berbec 7y ago

Check out https://up-shop.org/ https://up-shop.org/ - they sell Intel SBCs. I have a Up Core (quad-core, 4GB ram, 64GB eMMC) running Windows Server 2019.

shakna 7y ago

> I'd also like to ask about single-board computers that can run some version of Windows. I'm quite a fan of the Raspberry Pi I believe the Raspberry Pi 2 and later all support "Windows 10 IoT" now [0][1], but if memory serves IoT has a lot of limitations. It might be simpler to have a minimal distro that boots directly into something like QEMU, that should let you run Windows XP on the Pi. [0] https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/windows-10-for-iot/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/windows-10-for-iot/ [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot-core/tutorials/rpi https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot-core/tutorials/...

peterburkimsher 7y ago
Yes, Win10 IoT Core has a lot of limitations. It's fine for developers who are familiar with C# development in Visual Studio and want to use their same development tools for an IoT device, but it's not a desktop OS. Emulators are fine if the I/O works. Getting full resolution HDMI out of an emulated OS with any fps, or even just getting USB devices to mount is a hassle.
- shakna 7y ago
  > Getting full resolution HDMI out of an emulated OS with any fps, or even just getting USB devices to mount is a hassle. QEMU has easy GPU passthrough, so that shouldn't be a hassle. And whilst the USB options are slightly more intimidating, you can passthrough that as well.
- zyx321 7y ago
  There are unofficial projects that combine the drivers from IoT with the "full" ARM32 version of Win10. I tried it and it did boot, but on a pi 3B it was too slow to be usable. I'd want at least a pi 4B 2GB before trying again...

bcaa7f3a8bbc 7y ago

Age of Empires 2 works under Wine, it just needs some minor hacks. Last time I checked, the game launcher has an embedded webpage, and if it doesn't load, the "game start" button won't be laid out properly. Installing Internet Explorer 6 under Wine (by winetricks) fixes it...