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January 24 2010
Windows 3.11 in-a-browser is retrocomputing awesome
Filed under: Fun, Retrocomputing
Sure, there are fancier operating systems you can run in your web browser -- EyeOS, Windows4all, etc. -- but those of you who prefer a more low-fi, retro cloud OS experience owe it to yourselves to check out michaelv.org.
It's not an exact copy of Windows 3.11 per se, but it does faithfully reproduce a number of the core features from the classic OS -- Calculator, Minesweeper, Notepad, Picture Viewer, and more -- are all fully functional. That is, except where undue effort was required (according to the readme file).
The whole thing is written in JavaScript, XHTML, and PHP. It runs on about 16MB memory in my Google Chrome install -- twice what I had installed in the first computer I had Windows 3.11 installed on. Good times!
And fortunately for us all, Michael has decided against using Hot Dog Stand as the default color scheme...
It's not an exact copy of Windows 3.11 per se, but it does faithfully reproduce a number of the core features from the classic OS -- Calculator, Minesweeper, Notepad, Picture Viewer, and more -- are all fully functional. That is, except where undue effort was required (according to the readme file).
The whole thing is written in JavaScript, XHTML, and PHP. It runs on about 16MB memory in my Google Chrome install -- twice what I had installed in the first computer I had Windows 3.11 installed on. Good times!
And fortunately for us all, Michael has decided against using Hot Dog Stand as the default color scheme...
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