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Re: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

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Post by allochthon » Mon, Oct 28, 2013, 3:44 AM UTC

mambodog wrote: post #16

As there seems to be a lot of interest in emulators in the browser, here's my effort: I ported an emulator for classic Mac and IBM PC to the browser. Mac System 7 Demo: http://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ Windows 3.0 Demo: http://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ibmpc-win/ IBM PC doesn't have mouse support... Yet. For Mac OS it's writing the mouse position directly into memory, but I've yet to add that hack for Windows.

The Mac is great -- just as I remember it when I was a little kid. Actually, not exactly -- the emulator seems faster than the Mac we had. Also, I tried to get it to crash but wasn't able to.

Re: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

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Post by mwally » Mon, Oct 28, 2013, 3:52 AM UTC

tegansnyder wrote: post #13

where is qbasic?

In the MS-DOS Executive, click the A-Drive, and the double-click on BASICA.EXE (Basic Advanced).

QBasic didn't come until MS-DOS 5, the demo uses MS-DOS 2.

Re: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

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Post by lessnonymous » Mon, Oct 28, 2013, 3:54 AM UTC

ghc wrote: post #10

Played Reversi in Windows 1.01. Still lost. I will go hang my head in shame now.

Came here to admit the same failing. I can't believe even Windows 1.01 can beat me at Reversi.

Re: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

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Post by ma2rten » Mon, Oct 28, 2013, 3:56 AM UTC

dmead wrote: post #3

the mouse tracking is fucked. it leaves the windows if i go to try and click the top right corner

I had the same problem in chrome on Mac, but it works fine on firefox.

Re: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 28, 2013, 4:08 AM UTC

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Re: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

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Post by guyzero » Mon, Oct 28, 2013, 4:11 AM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #17

I am really enjoying a lot of the retro things being posted recently. Sadly, they miss out some of the details. Like Elite being playable at 4 MHz, but really hard at 25 MHz, because that's how clocks worked then, and that's what the turbo button did. (It was a de-turbo button, turning your machine into a slow machine for compatibility. If it was connected, that is.) And this makes me wonder about the Wayback machine…

it came with an embedded windows runtime - I think it was Microsoft not sure quite yet how they'd license it.

Re: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

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Post by benjy1 » Mon, Oct 28, 2013, 4:21 AM UTC

mambodog wrote: post #16

As there seems to be a lot of interest in emulators in the browser, here's my effort: I ported an emulator for classic Mac and IBM PC to the browser. Mac System 7 Demo: http://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ Windows 3.0 Demo: http://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ibmpc-win/ IBM PC doesn't have mouse support... Yet. For Mac OS it's writing the mouse position directly into memory, but I've yet to add that hack for Windows.

Pretty cool, any chance they might end up on Github?

Re: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

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Post by tzury » Mon, Oct 28, 2013, 4:23 AM UTC

After Bellard's JSLinux, it was just about time till more OS will be ported to JS.

http://bellard.org/jslinux/

Re: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

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Post by pud » Mon, Oct 28, 2013, 4:26 AM UTC

Every time I see an emulator like this on HN, my mind is blown.

Can someone explain to me and any other run-of-the-mill hackers reading this, how an emulator like this is made?

I wouldn't even know where to start.

Re: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

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Post by jcutrell » Mon, Oct 28, 2013, 4:33 AM UTC

frozenport wrote: post #8

>> Tag of the future

Indeed.

What I might coin the "cloud tag".