It is an interesting piece of software, but what is the purpose? For someone that wants to emulate a Pentium computer there are many better ways, for having fun there are many better ways, so what is left for this particular one?
V86 – An x86-compatible CPU and hardware emulator
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Re: V86 – An x86-compatible CPU and hardware emulator
#22It is an interesting piece of software, but what is the purpose? For someone that wants to emulate a Pentium computer there are many better ways, for having fun there are many better ways, so what is left for this particular one?
Why must everything have a purpose?
Re: V86 – An x86-compatible CPU and hardware emulator
#23It is an interesting piece of software, but what is the purpose? For someone that wants to emulate a Pentium computer there are many better ways, for having fun there are many better ways, so what is left for this particular one?
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#24Booting Windows 98 in Firefox on a smart phone is a real tangible reminder of how far things have come in my lifetime.
Circa 2009, playing 80486-era Master of Orion II on the Nokia N800 using a DOS emulator. 400MHz ARM tablet, actually playable.
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#25Awesome project. I tested it with a 32 bit version of android-x86 and managed to get a mangled booting screen.
It would be so cool if android apps could run in the browser in the future with this tech.
Re: V86 – An x86-compatible CPU and hardware emulator
#26It is an interesting piece of software, but what is the purpose? For someone that wants to emulate a Pentium computer there are many better ways, for having fun there are many better ways, so what is left for this particular one?
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#27The "Why" section in the Readme doesn't quite explain the need for this. Can someone shed light on how and why this is useful
Thanks
Re: V86 – An x86-compatible CPU and hardware emulator
#28It is an interesting piece of software, but what is the purpose? For someone that wants to emulate a Pentium computer there are many better ways, for having fun there are many better ways, so what is left for this particular one?
Why must everything have a purpose?
Or what if the purpose is "because it was fun to make", or "it was a great learning experience".
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#29Really cool, but perhaps the title should indicate that this is an emulator that works in the browser? Perhaps a short description at the top of the readme before the demos?
Also, minimum HD requirements to run this. Otherwise, all my Firefox windows went 'Han Solo' on me ... But I think this is an awesome project, author must have learned quite a bit getting this running!
Re: V86 – An x86-compatible CPU and hardware emulator
#30The "Why" section in the Readme doesn't quite explain the need for this. Can someone shed light on how and why this is useful Thanks
When you have to ask "Why", you usually are not part of 'target audience' for this type of thing :)
All jokes aside,this is a pretty big achievement for a given programmer to complete and denotes quite a bit of technical chops on many level (hardware, systems, OS, and web dev).