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The code is here:…",[58],{"value":59,"source":52,"evidence":60},"JavaScript",[61],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":66,"objections":83,"requests":120,"questions":143,"alternatives":165},[67],{"value":68,"source":69,"evidence":70},"Impressive nostalgic demo of the Windows 98 UI and emulation speed","commenter",[71,75,79],{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"11161970","Theodores","That is brilliant. Little things like being able to change the screen resolution and waste time on Solitaire - what more could one want!!! Works amazingly. Also it is quite a…",{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"11163408","tomc1985","How bad is it that Windows 98, running in a ^%%^@#!ing emulator, in my browser no less, runs better than the latest versions of Android OR iOS?",{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},"11161560","clock_tower","This is awe-inspiring. I don't know what to say -- except that, if it was faster, I'd try to run Windows 98 in the browser of Windows 98 in the browser.",[84,98,109],{"value":85,"source":69,"evidence":86},"Mouse cursor does not track correctly or clicks fail",[87,90,94],{"id":88,"by":77,"text":89},"11163217","The mouse cursor doesnt work.... my system's real cursor is still onscreen and the emulator is doing a very poor job of tracking my movements, and its not intercepting clicks or…",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"11164228","hanief","Minesweeper! Ah, the nostalgia. A note: the mouse position and acceleration seems to not be mapped correctly. It is often separated away from my local desktop mouse position.…",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"11157616","livatlantis","Doesn't seem to work too well on Windows 10. It might be missing some DLLs. \u002Fs Super cool! (I really can't get it to click on anything though)",{"value":99,"source":69,"evidence":100},"Command prompt and Run dialog break or fail",[101,105],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"11161757","dmitrygr","It breaks horribly if you click start->run, type \"command\" and press enter",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"11161470","icoder","start->command->fail (command as in command.com)",{"value":110,"source":69,"evidence":111},"Does not work on some browsers or mobile devices",[112,116],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"11163207","te_platt","Very nice. Although opening IE and trying to go to http:\u002F\u002Fcopy.sh\u002Fv86\u002F?profile=windows98 gave an error. Go figure...",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"11162507","runn1ng","Doesn't work on my Android phone, in Chrome. But I didn't expect it to :) Edit: for what it's worth, FreeDOS boots there. No way to put in keyboard input though.",[121,136],{"value":122,"source":69,"evidence":123},"Run other operating systems such as Windows 3.11, XP, or Plan 9 in the browser",[124,128,132],{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"11161179","fsiefken","What a coincidence, I was just thinking about how nice it would be if I could start a minimal javascript linux with toybox and start spacemacs with it (\u003C 64M) and a small mounted…",{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"11163330","EwanG","So pulled this up from my Chromebook - rather interesting to have Chrome running Windows rather than the other way around. Of course the big leap will come when it gets Win XP up…",{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"11161687","andrewchambers","Anyone tried to make a plan9 in browser?",{"value":137,"source":69,"evidence":138},"Networking or modem support",[139],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"11161167","apetresc","The network interface doesn't seem to be configured – when I try to open the browser it wants me to install a modem. Is the VM just not configured for that, or do I need to do…",[144,154],{"value":145,"source":69,"evidence":146},"How does performance compare to jslinux and Em-DOSBox",[147,150],{"id":148,"by":126,"text":149},"11161275","How would v86 compare to jslinux speedwise? http:\u002F\u002Fbellard.org\u002Fjslinux\u002F ELKS in javascript would be nice as well, you would get the ultimate speedy portable unix ecosystem in the…",{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"11161286","TazeTSchnitzel","How does this compare to Em-DOSBox (e.g. https:\u002F\u002Fwin95.ajf.me\u002F) in terms of speed?",{"value":155,"source":69,"evidence":156},"Is this legal given Microsoft licensing",[157,161],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"11161648","vanattab","Are there license issues around this project? I doubt Microsoft would care to put the resources into enforcement of windows 98 licenses but I am just curious about the legality.",{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"11162148","nickysielicki","Is this legal? I'm surprised MS hasn't open-sourced NT 3.x already.",[166,174,178,185],{"value":167,"source":69,"evidence":168},"jslinux by Fabrice Bellard",[169,170],{"id":148,"by":126,"text":149},{"id":171,"by":172,"text":173},"11163342","kelvin0","Respect! This and Fabrice Bellard's emulator have me in awe. http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bellard.org\u002Fjslinux\u002F It's even more painful when I know that technically I should be able to do the same,…",{"value":175,"source":69,"evidence":176},"Em-DOSBox Windows 95 demo",[177],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},{"value":179,"source":69,"evidence":180},"Windows RG",[181],{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"11163064","laretluval","How does it compare to Windows RG? http:\u002F\u002Fwww.deanliou.com\u002FWinRG\u002F",{"value":186,"source":69,"evidence":187},"windows93.net",[188],{"id":189,"by":190,"text":191},"11164762","executesorder66","This reminded me of 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