Thomas the Tank Engine Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Quote That Windows 95 startup sound always gives me nostalgia, but how about taking it for a whirl without setting anything up whatsoever? Andrea Faulds, a 19-year-old developer in Scotland, managed to get Windows 95 to function fully in the browser without any plugins. It’s a truly incredible sight to behold: seeing the 20-year-old operating system fully functioning in pure JavaScript is amazing — you can play Freecell, mess around in DOS or just enjoy the nostalgia. Read the rest: http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/01/31/what-a-time-to-be-alive-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+devHead Subscriber² Posted January 31, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted January 31, 2016 Wow, what a difference that was. I remember when Windows 95 came out; I thought it was so far advanced. But we've come a long way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDevil Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Nostalgia... the feeling is right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I'm calling BS. It's just not possible to emulate an entire OS in Javascript. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas the Tank Engine Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 5 minutes ago, FloatingFatMan said: I'm calling BS. It's just not possible to emulate an entire OS in Javascript. If you would've clicked on the link in the sentence that starts with 'Andrea Faulds', then you'd know what was being done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 not working. first it says downloading then all downloads complete. but nothing happens. tried this in vivaldi and chromium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KibosJ Subscriber² Posted February 1, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just now, Simon Lang 9047 said: not working. first it says downloading then all downloads complete. but nothing happens. tried this in vivaldi and chromium. It worked for me, took about 5/10 minutes, after saying downloads complete to actually load though. simonlang 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) 6 minutes ago, KibosJ said: It worked for me, took about 5/10 minutes, after saying downloads complete to actually load though. and just as we speak the fan of my cpu is spinning up. should be a sign ok it came till the popup-box "new clock settings" ... this seems to be slow. will it run fluently when loading is finished? Edited February 1, 2016 by Simon Lang 9047 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 9 minutes ago, Simon Lang 9047 said: not working. first it says downloading then all downloads complete. but nothing happens. tried this in vivaldi and chromium. I get same behavior in IE 11, Firefox newest, and Chrome newest. I'll try waiting as others have mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ve7878 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Easier to just install it in VMware. Ian W 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDevil Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I like his disclaimer. Yup, took a while, but worth the travel to the memory lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Happy to stay away from this OS. Wait, that's what I was doing in 1995, rockin' Warp 3.0 Connect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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