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Jonathan Hayward

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Apr 1, 2010, 3:01:28 PM4/1/10
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A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your browser
has been released; you can see it at:

http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/

Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.

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ray

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Apr 1, 2010, 3:11:35 PM4/1/10
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Priceless!

Ahem A Rivet's Shot

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Apr 1, 2010, 3:18:15 PM4/1/10
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 12:01:28 -0700 (PDT)
Jonathan Hayward <christos.jon...@gmail.com> wrote:

> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your browser
> has been released; you can see it at:
>
> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/

Looks like someone's been reading my sig.

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Charles Richmond

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Apr 1, 2010, 8:34:12 PM4/1/10
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Worthless!

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David Kerber

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Apr 2, 2010, 8:03:27 AM4/2/10
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In article <2731fc62-a87d-48ed-874c-34dcd8bbdb61
@u22g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, christos.jon...@gmail.com
says...

>
> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your browser
> has been released; you can see it at:
>
> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>
> Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
> hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.

Don't program for an obsolete, insecure browser.


>
> HAFD,
> ? Jonathan Hayward, a Senior Web Developer who cares deeply about
> usability
> ? www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhayward ? jonathan...@pobox.com
> ? Ajax, CGI, CMS, CSS, HTML, IA, JSON, JavaScript, LAMP, Linux, Perl,


> PHP, Python, UI, Unix, Usability, UX, XHTML, XML

> ? With a good interest in the human side of computing and making

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Chris Ahlstrom

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Apr 2, 2010, 9:17:43 AM4/2/10
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Dan pulled this Usenet boner:

> In article <MPG.261fa71c7...@news.onecommunications.net>,


> David Kerber <ns_dkerber@ns_warrenrogersassociates.com> wrote:
>
>> > http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>> >
>> > Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
>> > hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
>>
>> Don't program for an obsolete, insecure browser.
>

> Its an April Fools day joke. As if anyone could emulate an OS in a
> browser.

Why not? Netscape and Sun scared the crap out of Microsoft with that
idea!

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jmfbahciv

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Apr 2, 2010, 10:29:18 AM4/2/10
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>> In article <2731fc62-a87d-48ed-874c-34dcd8bbdb61
>> @u22g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, christos.jon...@gmail.com
>> says...
>>> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your browser
>>> has been released; you can see it at:
>>>
>>> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>>>
>>> Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
>>> hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
>> Don't program for an obsolete, insecure browser.
>
> Its an April Fools day joke. As if anyone could emulate an OS in a
> browser.

why not? It's only code.

/BAH

Ahem A Rivet's Shot

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Apr 2, 2010, 10:22:49 AM4/2/10
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On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:02:51 -0400
Dan <m...@here.net> wrote:

> > In article <2731fc62-a87d-48ed-874c-34dcd8bbdb61
> > @u22g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, christos.jon...@gmail.com
> > says...
> > >
> > > A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your browser
> > > has been released; you can see it at:
> > >
> > > http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
> > >
> > > Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
> > > hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
> >
> > Don't program for an obsolete, insecure browser.
>

> Its an April Fools day joke. As if anyone could emulate an OS in a
> browser.

It was a pretty accurate emulation :)

More seriously - I'm pretty sure you could emulate an OS like CP/M
or even an early Unix in a browser and have it run fairly well, perhaps
even faster than the original hardware.

Charlie Gibbs

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Apr 2, 2010, 1:06:34 PM4/2/10
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In article <me-5AC930.09...@news.supernews.com>, m...@here.net
(Dan) writes:

>> In article
>> <2731fc62-a87d-48ed-874c-34dcd8bbdb61 @u22g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
>> christos.jon...@gmail.com
>> says...
>>
>>> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your
>>> browser has been released; you can see it at:
>>>
>>> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>>>
>>> Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
>>> hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
>>
>> Don't program for an obsolete, insecure browser.
>

> Its an April Fools day joke. As if anyone could emulate an OS in a
> browser.

What's the big deal? Display a blue screen and lock the machine.

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Charles Richmond

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Apr 2, 2010, 7:01:33 PM4/2/10
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>> In article <2731fc62-a87d-48ed-874c-34dcd8bbdb61
>> @u22g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, christos.jon...@gmail.com
>> says...
>>> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your browser
>>> has been released; you can see it at:
>>>
>>> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>>>
>>> Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
>>> hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
>> Don't program for an obsolete, insecure browser.
>
> Its an April Fools day joke. As if anyone could emulate an OS in a
> browser.

Is that *not* what Google is doing??? ;-)

Charles Richmond

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Apr 2, 2010, 7:24:10 PM4/2/10
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Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> In article <me-5AC930.09...@news.supernews.com>, m...@here.net
> (Dan) writes:
>
>> In article <MPG.261fa71c7...@news.onecommunications.net>,
>> David Kerber <ns_dkerber@ns_warrenrogersassociates.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In article
>>> <2731fc62-a87d-48ed-874c-34dcd8bbdb61 @u22g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
>>> christos.jon...@gmail.com
>>> says...
>>>
>>>> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your
>>>> browser has been released; you can see it at:
>>>>
>>>> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>>>>
>>>> Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
>>>> hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
>>> Don't program for an obsolete, insecure browser.
>> Its an April Fools day joke. As if anyone could emulate an OS in a
>> browser.
>
> What's the big deal? Display a blue screen and lock the machine.
>

You'll certainly capture the "look and feel" of Windows 95... ;-)

Peter Flass

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Apr 7, 2010, 5:53:56 PM4/7/10
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Charles Richmond wrote:
> ray wrote:
>> On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:01:28 -0700, Jonathan Hayward wrote:
>>
>>> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your browser
>>> has been released; you can see it at:
>>>
>>> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>>>
>>> Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
>>> hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
>>>
>>> HAFD,
>>> → Jonathan Hayward, a Senior Web Developer who cares deeply about
>>> usability
>>> → www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhaywardjonathan...@pobox.com
>>> Ajax, CGI, CMS, CSS, HTML, IA, JSON, JavaScript, LAMP, Linux, Perl, PHP,
>>> Python, UI, Unix, Usability, UX, XHTML, XML → With a good interest in
>>> the human side of computing and making software and websites a joy to
>>> use
>>
>> Priceless!
>
> Worthless!
>

If someone could make websites a joy to use, they'd get my vote. With
many sites I find myself endlessly following links none of which take me
where I want to go. IBM's search facility seems practically guaranteed
to return the results in inverse order of usefulness.

Peter Flass

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Apr 7, 2010, 6:02:02 PM4/7/10
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>> In article <2731fc62-a87d-48ed-874c-34dcd8bbdb61
>> @u22g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, christos.jon...@gmail.com
>> says...
>>> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your browser
>>> has been released; you can see it at:
>>>
>>> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>>>
>>> Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
>>> hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
>> Don't program for an obsolete, insecure browser.
>
> Its an April Fools day joke. As if anyone could emulate an OS in a
> browser.

Yes, but windoze isn't an OS, either.

Esra Sdrawkcab

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Apr 8, 2010, 5:16:11 AM4/8/10
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On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:02:02 +0200, Peter Flass <Peter...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

No, in Java:

http://javapc.sourceforge.net/home_whatisjpc.html


(advocacy groups dropped, as I can't (and shouldn't) xpost to all the
original groups)

>
> Yes, but windoze isn't an OS, either.


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Jan 9, 2014, 9:10:02 PM1/9/14
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I CALL GODLESS BULLSHITE

kver...@gmail.com

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Jan 20, 2014, 3:42:45 PM1/20/14
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I prefer the "working" Linux in a browser:

http://bellard.org/jslinux/

It's much more usable, and can actually run Linux console apps. Best runs on Chrome, but works in mostly any HTML5 compatible browser. :)

dorurogo...@gmail.com

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May 10, 2014, 7:30:35 AM5/10/14
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*opens emulator*
*presses 'start' in emulator*
*emulator gets bsod*
*EPIC FAIL*

sonic....@gmail.com

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May 11, 2014, 10:35:31 PM5/11/14
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not working... is this a joke???

Spalls Hurgenson

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May 12, 2014, 9:39:18 AM5/12/14
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On Sun, 11 May 2014 19:35:31 -0700 (PDT), sonic....@gmail.com
wrote:

>On Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:01:28 PM UTC-5, Jonathan Hayward wrote:
>> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your browser
>> has been released; you can see it at:
>>
>> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>>
>> Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
>> hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
>>

>not working... is this a joke???


Uhh.... yeah?

The emulator runs "lose.exe" instead of "win.com"; I thought it was
kinda obvious...

LunaTuna

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Jun 10, 2014, 5:16:44 AM6/10/14
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> GUEST wrote:
> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your
browser
> has been released; you can see it at:
>
> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>
> Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
> hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
>
> HAFD,
> â Jonathan Hayward, a Senior Web Developer who cares deeply about
> usability
> â www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhayward â ¢
jonathan...@pobox.com
> â Ajax, CGI, CMS, CSS, HTML, IA, JSON, JavaScript, LAMP, Linux,
Perl,
> PHP, Python, UI, Unix, Usability, UX, XHTML, XML
> â With a good interest in the human side of computing and making
> software and websites a joy to use

Its not a browser ran
Windows 95 emulator. Maybe you should idk install it on your computer?

ashto...@gmail.com

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Jun 19, 2014, 2:02:50 PM6/19/14
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On Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:01:28 PM UTC-7, Jonathan Hayward wrote:
> A fully functional Windows 95 emulator that runs right in your browser
> has been released; you can see it at:
>
> http://JonathansCorner.com/emulator/
>
> Plans are underway for a Windows 7 emulator but are presently being
> hindered by IE6 compatibility issues.
>
> HAFD,
> → Jonathan Hayward, a Senior Web Developer who cares deeply about
> usability

Lol blue screen

keyboardp...@gmail.com

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Jun 30, 2014, 2:54:13 PM6/30/14
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ha ha very funny.

stun...@yahoo.com

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Oct 30, 2014, 10:38:17 PM10/30/14
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Very good the fact an emulator can run Windows 95, but Google Chrome, IE, and Firefox keep blocking it for some reason. I change the settings a bit, but the browsers STILL block the website when I try to load up to it! I see no reason why this website should be blocked; please tell me why these browsers still do!

mason...@gmail.com

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Aug 6, 2016, 3:41:58 PM8/6/16
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Sooooooooo long ago!

mason...@gmail.com

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Aug 6, 2016, 3:44:56 PM8/6/16
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Me: I FRICKIN' GOT THE REAL BSOD USING THIS ON MY WINDOWS 10 PC. DUMB UNLUCK!!
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