Felix Rieseberg has Windows95 version 3.1.1 ready

[Heuli]

Felix Rieseberg has Windows95 version 3.1.1 ready
  for nostalgics
  Featuring doom and Wolfenstein 3D

https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95
https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95/releases

 

 

[SeriousToni]

Wait what.. Do I understand correctly that he replicated Win95 in Javascript??

[freyk]

Oh wow, going to test this!

And there are lots of ways to play wolfenstein 3d and doom on your systems. For example, in your browser at internet archive:

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Wolfenstein_3D_1992

[Xolvix]

15 hours ago, SeriousToni said:

Wait what.. Do I understand correctly that he replicated Win95 in Javascript??

Not quite. The project is based on this: https://github.com/copy/v86

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v86 emulates an x86-compatible CPU and hardware. Machine code is translated to WebAssembly modules at runtime in order to achieve decent performance

The source package for Felix's windows95 is around 2.35 MB, but the actual full releases are in the area of 300 MB so he must be bundling a Windows 95 base package alongside it. Basically this project is about adapting an x86 emulator running in Javascript to be run within an Electron framework, and tailored specifically to run Windows 95 smoothly.

I'm not downplaying Felix's efforts though - taking bits and putting them together such that you can run Windows 95 in Electron in a fast, smooth and reliable way takes effort and skill. But he didn't build Windows 95 in Javascript and frankly I don't know how he could since its source code is still locked up at Microsoft.

Edited October 18, 2022 by Xolvix

[SeriousToni]

Ah thanks for taking the time to explain this a little deeper. I'm hoping for a win98 since this was my first OS