windows95

This is Windows 95, running in an Electron app. Yes, it's the full thing. I'm sorry.

💿⏬ Download it here.

Does it work?

Yes! Quite well, actually.

Should this have been a native app?

Absolutely.

Does it run Doom (or my other favorite game)?

You'll likely be better off with an actual virtualization app, but the short answer is yes. Thanks to @DisplacedGamers I can recommend that you switch to a resolution of 640x480 @ 256 colors before starting DOS games - just like in the good ol' days.

Can it run in a container?

Of course! Currently this is only supported on Linux, simply install Docker on your distro of choice and run the following:

docker run -it -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY --device /dev/snd --name windows95 toolboc/windows95

How's the code?

This only works well by accident and was mostly a joke. The code quality is accordingly.

Credits

99.999% of the work was done over at v86 by Copy.

Contributing

Before you can run this from source, you'll need the disk and state images. They're not part of the repo, but you can download them here.

Unpack the images folder into the src/renderer folder, creating this layout:

./src/renderer/images/default-state.bin
./src/renderer/images/windows95.img

Once you've done so, run npm install and npm start to run your local build.

License

This project is provided for educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with and has not been approved by Microsoft.