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lqs_

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    Comment #47262341

    Fixed. It now runs correctly and the Shift key works.

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    Comment #47206917

    Right now, the file system and the registry are virtual. They are stored in the browser using IndexedDB. When a program reads or writes files or registry data, it goes to this virt…

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    Comment #47206863

    100% written by Claude Code.

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    Comment #47193707

    It is fixed and fully playable now! Board rendering, mouse input, and the About dialog all work.

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    Comment #47182177

    DOS interrupt support is still limited. Running SHELL would essentially require implementing a full MS-DOS COMMAND.COM, which is a significant undertaking.

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    Comment #47182138

    I actually contributed to retrowin32 to get Solitaire running there. Back then the only AI tool available was Copilot, and it took me several days just to get the main window showi…

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    Comment #47182080

    Hidden feature: right-click any executable and select "View Resources" to browse its embedded resources like icons, bitmaps, dialogs, and version info. It even supports viewing Del…

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    Comment #47181988

    Ha — even the README itself was written by AI, including that very sentence. Funny times indeed.

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    Comment #47181983

    RetroTick's CPU emulation is actually slower than JIT-based emulators. It feels fast because the Win32 API calls are native JavaScript, not emulated system calls.

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    Comment #47181966

    Win16 GDI support is still pretty incomplete. There's a lot of work left to do there.

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    Comment #47181960

    The missing colors are likely due to some texture bugs in the OpenGL implementation. As for URL-based launching, that's definitely on the roadmap, but I want to reach broader EXE c…

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    Comment #47181945

    Sim Theme Park is probably too modern and complex for the current state of RetroTick, unfortunately.

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    Comment #47181936

    Thanks! I'm actually familiar with retrowin32. I even contributed a few commits to get Solitaire running in it. But Rust has a steep learning curve for me.

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    Comment #47181918

    Notepad from Windows 2000 should launch now, though it's rendered as a simple textarea without full functionality. The file system API still needs a lot of work.

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    Comment #47181914

    Just added keyboard shortcut support. Ctrl+Shift+F10 should work now!

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    Show HN: RetroTick – Run classic Windows EXEs in the browser

    RetroTick parses PE/NE/MZ binaries, emulates an x86 CPU, and stubs enough Win32/Win16/DOS APIs to run classics like FreeCell, Minesweeper, Solitaire and QBasic, entirely in the bro…