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JavaScript-Based OpenRISC Emulator Can Run Linux, GCC, Wayland

Posted by timothy on from the layers-within-layers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The jor1k is an interesting open-source toy emulator project to emulate a 32-bit OpenRISC OR1000 processor, 63MB of RAM, ocfb frame-buffer, and ATA-hard drive ... all in JavaScript. Though JavaScript based, there are asm.js optimizations and the performance seems to be quite decent in modern web browsers. The jor1k OpenRISC emulator can do a lot, even handle running the Linux kernel, GCC compiler, ScummVM Monkey Island, and the Wayland/Weston compositor, all from within the web browser."

2 of 89 comments (clear)

  1. Re:jor1k Demo Pages by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Safari, Mac OS X, Mac mini: basically killed my machine, all programs stopped responding and it took minutes to click "Force Quit" the browser.

  2. Not quite there yet on Android by Tony+Isaac · · Score: 3, Informative

    I tried the demo on my Nexus 7 using Chrome. The OS boots up, but there doesn't seem to be any way to activate the on-screen keyboard, so no way to send input to the window. Still, very impressive that it (mostly) works on Windows AND Android!