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It is a real, functioning emulator of the Macintosh Plus from 1986. See the webpage[1] of the James Friend, who ported the emulator to JavaScript, as well has h
by betamaxthetape 6y ago
It is a real, functioning emulator of the Macintosh Plus from 1986. See the webpage[1] of the James Friend, who ported the emulator to JavaScript, as well has his posts[2][3] explaining more detail behind the project.
[1] https://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ https://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/
[2] https://jamesfriend.com.au/why-port-emulators-browser https://jamesfriend.com.au/why-port-emulators-browser
[3] https://jamesfriend.com.au/porting-pce-emulator-browser https://jamesfriend.com.au/porting-pce-emulator-browser
(As an aside, the Readme file probably didn't work because no text editor was installed - the items in the HyperCard stacks collection typically only include the OS, HyperCard and the stack itself. If you try opening the stack it should work just fine.)
- jcun4128 6y agoYeah it's impressive and also sad in a way, greatest thing now is later obsolete, that's life I guess. I remember seeing a video of someone loading Google with an old Macintosh(tan tube type) it took a while, but it eventually loaded, felt like time traveling or something.