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[Project] Just released: a virtual museum with nearly every OS you can think of... (virtualosmuseum.org)
submitted 1 month ago by homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/46186245

Want to see the earliest resident monitors? The ancestor of all modern OSes (CTSS)? The earliest versions of Unix? The first OS with a desktop metaphor GUI (Xerox Star Pilot/ViewPoint)? Early versions of mainstream OSes? If you want to explore historical OSes and platforms without having to worry about configuring/installing emulators and OSes or corrupting emulated installations, you’ve come to the right place.

Just about every well-known OS and platform (and also a lot of obscure ones) is included in some form, spanning the entire history of stored-program computing from the Manchester Baby of 1948 (the first stored-program computer) to the present day.

associated blog post

https://andreww591.blogspot.com/2026/05/ive-released-virtual-museum-with-nearly.html?m=1

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[–] aproposnix@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Back in the mid 90s i wasn't able to afford windows so i was using Geos (later renamed to 'New Deal Office'). Its what actually made me gravitate to Linux because one of my colleagues was surprised i wasn't using Windows. He was a huge Linux fan and recommended i try it.

[–] amanda@aggregatet.org 1 points 1 month ago

I did the same with OS/2 WARP and, insanely enough Windows NT (which could netinstall). I couldn’t afford a CD drive.

I also tried splitting windows 95 onto 1.44 MB floppies.

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