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Theseus, a static Windows emulator

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-04-20 Cached

Theseus is a new static Windows/x86 emulator that translates programs at compile-time rather than interpreting or JIT-compiling them at runtime, representing an alternative approach to traditional emulation architectures.

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Running a Minecraft Server and More on a 1960s Univac Computer

Hacker News Top · 2026-04-18 Cached

A hobbyist successfully runs a Minecraft server, NES emulator, webserver, and modern crypto on a restored 1960s UNIVAC 1219B with only 250 kHz CPU and 90 KB RAM.

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Building a 1997 Quake PC!

Fabien Sanglard · 2026-01-08 Cached

The author documents the process of building a vintage PC from 1997-1998 to play all versions of Quake, covering hardware choices like the Pentium MMX, 3dfx Voodoo2, and Socket 7 motherboards.

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Conditions in the Intel 8087 floating-point chip's microcode

Ken Shirriff · 2025-12-30 Cached

A detailed examination of the conditional tests used in the Intel 8087 floating-point coprocessor's microcode, part of a reverse-engineering effort to understand its algorithms.

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A USB interface to the "Mother of All Demos" keyset

Ken Shirriff · 2025-03-23 Cached

Construction of a USB interface to connect the original keyset from Douglas Engelbart's 1968 'Mother of All Demos' to modern computers, with historical context.

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