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Windows 98SE emulated on Pocket PC

Posted by timothy on from the and-then-run-pearpc dept.

David Horn writes "PocketGamer is carrying a story on the successful emulation of Windows 95 and Windows 98SE on the Pocket PC. This was made possible by a Pocket PC port of Bochs, a DOS emulator. If you're keen to try this yourself, you'll need a minimum of a 256MB memory card (or stream the image over a wireless network) and you'll need a program like Nyditot Virtual Display to increase your screen resolution. Oh, yes, and you'll also need the emulator. You can find more information and a selection of screenshots here. Following the porting of a full speed Playstation emulator and Pocket Quake, this really raises the bar for what the Pocket PC is capable of."

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  1. Limitations by Raindance · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is a very cool project.

    Current limitations seem to include lack of DirectX support but, as Pocket Quake was ported, perhaps there's some OpenGL framework for the Pocket PC that wouldn't be too difficult to link up with this Windows 98 emulation.

    So, it's not perfect for 'playing any PC game' yet, but there's hope.

    RD

    1. Re:Limitations by Dan+East · · Score: 5, Informative

      Pocket Quake uses Quake's software renderer.

      However ATI did comission me to port GLQuake to Pocket PC to conform to OpenGL ES. However the source code is not available (as we have not distributed - only demoed - the binary).

      Dan East

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  2. Usefull ? by Dozix007 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is a Windows 95/98 port to the PocketPC a very usefull tool ? Win. 95/98 is designed to be usefull and (somewhat) functional for a desktop enviroment. The Pocket PC version of Windows is a far more usefull tool. It have features built in that PocketPCs are used for, and it does not drag down your resources nearly as much as 98/95.

    1. Re:Usefull ? by jpmkm · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Jesus christ, dude. Is there a use to ANY hobby? Is there a use to collecting stamps? I sure can't think of any. Is there a purpose to playing miniature golf? People playing mini golf certainly are not helping to cure cancer or fight drug abuse. Why do people play miniature golf? BECAUSE THEY FUCKING WANT TO. God damn. Why fucking do anything? Just because you do not find something useful or entertaining or beneficial DOES NOT mean that it is not useful or entertaining or beneficial to everyone else. Grow up.

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    1. Re:Slashspammed? by pdbaby · · Score: 4, Funny

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  4. What kinds of nerds are you guys?! by smr2x · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think the point of this may be just because you can... Not every little hack has to have a purpose. I'm impressed just because it's cool to have been done.

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  5. Bochs is not a DOS emulator! by Henrik+S.+Hansen · · Score: 5, Informative
    Bochs (link in article is wrong!) is not a DOS emulator!

    From the website:

    Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS.

  6. I can't wait to see.... by Prod_Deity · · Score: 5, Funny

    a mini Blue Screen Of Death.

  7. its a great idea.. by sentientbeing · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..every time it BSODs its easier to throw across the room and stamp on than a dekstop..!

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  8. People did that on zaurus ages ago! :) by pangel83 · · Score: 5, Informative

    And here you go for screenshots: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tzer-jen/zbochs/

  9. SCREENSHOT MIRROR by peterprior · · Score: 5, Informative

    Mirror of the screenshots here

    They are actual size, due to small pocketpc screen I presume..

  10. Re:98 emulation is cool? by njchick · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You are missing the point. Bochs is free software. Running Bocks on another platform (PocketPC) is an achievement of free software. It's not so important what operating system runs in the emulator. Actually, the fact that Bochs is good enough to run an close source, buggy OS only underlines the quality of PC emulation in Bochs. I'm sure Bochs will easily run other OSes as well.

  11. uhhh by ShadowRage · · Score: 4, Informative

    Pocket PC port of Bochs, a DOS emulator.

    uhhh, dont you mean x86 emulator?
    bochs can handle more than just dos.

  12. Re:Limitations: Speed? by jrockway · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes. However, someone should try running Windows98 under QEMU. QEMU can emulate an x86 host now (I installed Windows Server 2003 under QEMU and it worked fine; it was usuable in speed), and it runs on ARM machines. Bochs isn't really good for much anymore, QEMU beats it in everything.

    (In case you're wondering QEMU can emulate PREP and x86 hosts and run on ARM, PPC, x86, SPARC, and more. It can also translate (for example) Linux/x86 binaries to run on PPC so you can use wine on a PPC. As I said, it's really really cool. Take a look at their site or the OS Support Table. Have fun!)

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