I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of
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eichin
28 minutes ago
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I hadn't realized Domain/OS emulation was viable these days. It's one of the few systems that has actually "lost" features - the terminal-window-like thing (called pads, I think?) when in line mode had a dividing line at the bottom where your unconsumed typeahead was visible and you could continue to edit it until it got read - not just one line, the entire unconsumed input. (Not that it's a particularly desirable feature - it's just one that I'm pretty sure you can't implement with ptys...)
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a1o
1 hour ago
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Do you have that Windows 3.1 version that came with the Compaq that had the DE that was like a paper folder instead of an empty desktop, and that you could put the icons in the different tabs of the paper folder?
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simianpirate
40 minutes ago
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I believe you are speaking of Tabworks?
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Avamander
58 minutes ago
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Your comment reminds me of HP's obscure EFI OS called QuickLook. I would guess there are a lot of obscure OSs out there.
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andreww591
58 minutes ago
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I don't think I've heard of an alternate shell/launcher like that before. Do you remember what it was called?
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SkiFire13
37 minutes ago
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Is there a way to see a list of the operating systems included without having to download and run the tool?
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cf100clunk
8 minutes ago
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I hope so, and also that it is a plain black-and-white list.
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nlitsme
21 minutes ago
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quite a decent collection. and actual working osses.

one that i noticed missing: Novell Netware, I spent several years in de 90s developing software for it. It was the main office network server software on those days.

3.x, 4.x ran on relatively regular 32-bit PC server hardware. 2.x ran on the 80286 in protected mode, the only OS I know which did that.

Copies can be found at archive.org.

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sdbillin
26 minutes ago
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Could really do with a torrent. 120GB at 3MB/sec...
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pfcd
49 minutes ago
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Also might be of interest: http://www.typewritten.org/
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WillAdams
16 minutes ago
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Nice! They have HP's NewWave (which I was always fond of)
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ChrisArchitect
32 minutes ago
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ChrisArchitect
46 minutes ago
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Teever
28 minutes ago
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Very neat to see this project come to completion Andreww.

Are there any any operating systems that you'd like to add to the collection but haven't been able to find?

Maybe someone here at HN could help with that.

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AnimalMuppet
1 hour ago
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Wow. That was a bit of nostalgia, just to read some of the names.
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juvoly
1 hour ago
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Yeah! Browsing through the screenshots truly feels like watching vintage porn.
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hoansdz
27 minutes ago
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You can only view the operating system, you can't view those websites again, haha.
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newer_vienna
1 hour ago
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Is TempleOS in here?
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TheSkyHasEyes
44 minutes ago
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ktm5j
31 minutes ago
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That doesn't answer his question.. looks like there isn't a comprehensive list of what's actually included. Maybe for legal reasons but that's just a guess.
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f311a
24 minutes ago
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Could not find it.
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ZebusJesus
11 minutes ago
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Blasphemy, all shall know the power of Holy-C! Sad that he struggled in life like he did and the way it ended, he was a brilliant programmer.
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theYipster
31 minutes ago
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This is awesome.
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VladoIvankovic
23 minutes ago
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Cool
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