[TriLUG] PC emulator in javascript booting linux

Chris Merrill chris at webperformance.com
Wed Jun 1 13:58:37 EDT 2011


On 6/1/2011 1:04 PM, Brian Henning wrote:
> That's all beside the point of my question, anyway.  What's the practical
> use of a JavaScript-based hardware emulator today, other than the
> I-built-it-because-I-could factor?

Because now you can write a Firefox plugin to run XP in an emulator inside
your web page.

Dunno, that's my best guess, anyway.  Does seem kinda silly.  Maybe a
grad student project?



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