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“ The emulator is built as a seperate dll which is loaded by the VBA macro. The VBA macro calls the emulator in the dll and gets the output and writes it into t
by dmitrygr 2y ago
“ The emulator is built as a seperate dll which is loaded by the VBA macro. The VBA macro calls the emulator in the dll and gets the output and writes it into the cells in the spreadsheet. ”
Not really in excel. Excel is just the console. Emulator is a native DLL
- jayd16 2y agoExcshell
- ChocolateGod 2y agoExecell
- zipping1549 2y agoStill funny
- AshamedCaptain 2y agoBy the same logic I can also put a crappy emulator in a dll and make notepad load it via a hook. Linux on notepad.exe. should I make that into a HN post too? Now that I mention it, I think someone already posted that on HN...
- anthk 2y agoDitto with a ZMachine being called from a VIM plugin... A native one would be emulating a DOS 8086 PC with PostScript (some people already did a ZMachine emulator).
- padjo 2y agoCoulda shoulda woulda…
- qwertox 2y agoWe've seen better on HN. Much better.
- DrillShopper 2y agoWe've also seen worse. Much much worse.
- Wowfunhappy 2y agoIt's not Linux, but here's DOOM in Notepad: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/10/how-to-get-doom-running-in-windows-notepad-exe/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/10/how-to-get-doom-runni...
- qwertox 2y agoI was expecting something like the cells being used as registers and the computer being implemented in the spreadsheet itself. Loading an emulator via a DLL and using the spreadsheet as a line oriented display feels like cheating.
- yesco 2y agoI still think this is pretty neat even if it's just acting like the console.