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

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post #10

Tried it with REVERSI.EXE from Windows 3.0 from https://winworldpc.com/download/c2bbc28f-177a-c2b2-5311-c3a4... DISK02.IMG (you have to first uncompress it, for example with 7zip). $ sha256sum REVERSI.EXE a9e319c8f479d1568beec03858fdbb27c71747b2bbed6cd7c9f5e2daa23b40e9 REVERSI.EXE Result: The game starts, it begins rendering the board, but then hangs.

Really doesn't surprise me, to be honest:

> We strongly recommend contributing with Claude Code or similar AI coding tools.

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

#12
post #11
post #10

Tried it with REVERSI.EXE from Windows 3.0 from https://winworldpc.com/download/c2bbc28f-177a-c2b2-5311-c3a4... DISK02.IMG (you have to first uncompress it, for example with 7zip). $ sha256sum REVERSI.EXE a9e319c8f479d1568beec03858fdbb27c71747b2bbed6cd7c9f5e2daa23b40e9 REVERSI.EXE Result: The game starts, it begins rendering the board, but then hangs.

Really doesn't surprise me, to be honest: > We strongly recommend contributing with Claude Code or similar AI coding tools.

so which one, the coding by hand part?

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

#13
post #10

Tried it with REVERSI.EXE from Windows 3.0 from https://winworldpc.com/download/c2bbc28f-177a-c2b2-5311-c3a4... DISK02.IMG (you have to first uncompress it, for example with 7zip). $ sha256sum REVERSI.EXE a9e319c8f479d1568beec03858fdbb27c71747b2bbed6cd7c9f5e2daa23b40e9 REVERSI.EXE Result: The game starts, it begins rendering the board, but then hangs.

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

#17
post #7

Not enough Shell32 to run Winfile or Notepad. Also the command prompt won't list directories for some reason.

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.

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

#18
post #6

This is super cool! Checkout retrowin32 for something similar but written in Rust and not specifically targeting the web: https://github.com/evmar/retrowin32

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.

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

#20

Pretty cool. The pipes program doesn't seem to have color. Thoughts on making programs launch from a URL parameter? IE Launching a screensaver or game?

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 compatibility first.
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