Pc Emulator For Pandora?

[jakshep2]

Win 95,98, or perhaps 2000 could be ported, I think. can it?

 

[mrsnature]

Win 95,98, or perhaps 2000 could be ported, I think. can it?

i don't think microsoft has released its source code for windows yet.

As far as an emulator, there is one for gp2x that is slow... but proves it possible. But i don't see the point.

 

[Zarneth]

Win 95,98, or perhaps 2000 could be ported, I think. can it?

To port something to a completely different cpu architecture you require the source code. Microsoft's hardly going to give you that now are they. Not to mention there would be FAR too much work to do for something that big even if you had the source code.

If for some obscure reason you want windows your only option is a FULL pc emulator. 95/98 may work under an emulator on the pandora, but win2k's probably pushing it.

Why would you want them anyway?

 

[Squidge]

Even if you managed to port Windows, what are you going to run on it? You'd have to port any programs you would want as well. Easier to just either port the programs you want, or use a full PC emulator (which has already been done)

 

[TrevorBradley]

I would love to see DosBox running at a decent speed/compatibility though.

 

[Zarneth]

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Even if you managed to port Windows, what are you going to run on it? You'd have to port any programs you would want as well.
*rolls around laughing madly* That'd really be a bummer to port it then realise that.

I would love to see DosBox running at a decent speed/compatibility though.

It's open source so compatibility is unlikely to be an issue. I recall hearing we've got a little over 600mhz to play with. I'm guessing it'll run the slower or 2d things fine but unless there's some insane optimizations they can do we may not see decent speed for the fast action 3d dos games.

 

[quasist]

Gp2x had Win95 working on some other Dos emulator than DosBox

 

[Frogboy]

Gp2x had Win95 working on some other Dos emulator than DosBox

GP2X ran Bochs Win 95 which always seems to be one of the first things that someone ports to a new handheld. I don't think that you can actually do anything with it. I think that it was done more for the wow factor than anything on the less powerful handhelds. I have a feeling that geting a stripped down version of Win 95 running on a 625mhz handheld isn't going to have much wow left in it. People are going to have t think of something else. I wonder what it'll be. Personally, I'll be more impressed by the fact that I'll be able to use this thing as pretty much a full computer. EEEat your heart out. You too Cloudbook. Ours will be handheld size and probably just about as powerful when it comes to gaming.

P.S. By the way, I'm just messing around. I'm not trying to start an EEE vs. Pandora flame war. I know which one that I'm buying though.

 

[Karel Jansens]

Win 95,98, or perhaps 2000 could be ported, I think. can it?

Why? For the love of $DEITY, why??!

 

[Lineus]

Why? For the love of $DEITY, why??!

Nice. LOL :lol:

 

[Yrx]

A project I've been following is ReactOS. An opensource team is reverse engineering Windows NT/XP, with a stated goal of full compatibility with Windows software. It supposedly runs incredibly fast. Also interesting is the fact that they've started a port to ARM. The current release is still in alpha stage, but it looks VERY promising.

LINK

 

[Zarneth]

P.S. By the way, I'm just messing around. I'm not trying to start an EEE vs. Pandora flame war. I know which one that I'm buying though.
This is a Pandora forum. Anyone trying to argue something else is better here will be dealt with swiftly and efficiently.... by ninjas.

 

[javaJake]

I agree on the promising bit. The fact that they've even got Visual Basic 5 running as if it were in Windows native is pretty, well, sweet. If ReactOS gets into beta stage, you can bet some serious money that Microsoft will start looking into lawsuit possibilities.

 

[atomicthumbs]

hay guys we also ought to pourt some saturn games because thee pandora is so good

 

[#1 GameMaster]

hay guys we also ought to pourt some saturn games because thee pandora is so good

I second that!! B)

 

[Tobriand]

A project I've been following is ReactOS. An opensource team is reverse engineering Windows NT/XP, with a stated goal of full compatibility with Windows software. It supposedly runs incredibly fast. Also interesting is the fact that they've started a port to ARM. The current release is still in alpha stage, but it looks VERY promising.

LINK



I had no idea they'd got as far as they have - I last saw it back in 2003 or so. Hopefully they'll manage their goal of 0.5 out this year. If they actually succeed, and end up with something that does Windows stuff, but without windows instability/vulnerability, then it will be one of the most impressive things around.

I imagine ports to other archetectures probably still couldn't run anything that wasn't fully coded with dll-ed Windows APIs, though. Still, very interesting...

 

[Yrx]

I'm most impressed with the speed that everyone reports getting from it. It's basically the anti-Vista. :lol:

 

[Snu]

at the original question... wow...
if ya want windows so bad, just buy a windows mobile device or something.
and darn it, i hate it when people call 'pc' and 'windows' the same thing.

I agree on the promising bit. The fact that they've even got Visual Basic 5 running as if it were in Windows native is pretty, well, sweet. If ReactOS gets into beta stage, you can bet some serious money that Microsoft will start looking into lawsuit possibilities.

the reactos people had anticipated this, and they did a major audit of the code to make sure it was legal. unfortunately it put the project back a few months, but the intent is that if microsoft does try to sue them, they wont have a leg to stand on.

 

[javaJake]

darn it, i hate it when people call 'pc' and 'windows' the same thing.

Hear hear!

And while you are at it, what about calling Internet Explorer the "Internet", and the computer monitor the "computer"?

 

[Squidge]

The amount of times I've heard "The Internet's broken!" when IE has fell over, curled its toes up and refuses to play ball until a reboot, is unreal...