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Once again, Jason Scott and archive.org demonstrate why it might just be on of the crown jewels of the internet.
There aren't many causes I feel donating to is unambiguously a good thing. Archive.org is just such a thing. I rarely feel a need to use the archive, but I literally sleep better at night knowing it exists, keeping our digital history from just fading out.

Being able to just fire up my childhood in the browser now? He said it well when he mentioned the programs being unable to recognize the science fiction universe they're running in. That's just how it makes me feel, too.

Thank you for reminding me. I just made a subscription donation.
I wish Google would make their archives easier to browse for the general public.
Just curious but wouldn't this do more harm than good?

I'm wondering if the increased exposure from Google having a full index of Archive content would result in past/current copyright owners requesting things get taken down from the Archive as they already do from Google's current index.

That picture of ZZT was a kick in the nostalgia. That game did more to get me into programming than just about anything else.
This was a delight to read. The nostalgia and writing style combined to let me feel the author's excitement about the emulator. Great work.
If you've not seen any of Jason Scott's other work, I personally recommend his talks on the Prince of Persia[0], Mario 64[1], and crackers fighting crackers via crack screens[2]. [3] This one is just funny.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnEWBtCnFs8

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wz7_-WXwFg

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5AceLYWE1Q

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r65WwO1-uA

Re: Prince of Persia.

If you've never spent twelve hours straight reading a development journal - Jordan Mechner's is one of the best.

http://www.jordanmechner.com/backstage/journals/

Thanks for the links! Just watched the third and thoroughly enjoyed it.
How does em-dosbox compare to jsdosbox: https://jsdosbox.appspot.com/ ?

jsdosbox is a GWT compiled modified jDosbox, a port to Java.

I don't know how performance compares, but from an ongoing maintenance perspective, em-dosbox is simpler: it's regular dosbox passed through the emscripten toolchain. It's more likely to see performance improvements and support, and so greater longevity.

It's the same reason JSMESS is emscripten MESS, instead of a collection of native JavaScript emulators.

IIRC, jDOSBox handles page faults better than the original DOSBox, and therefore, it can run more versions of Windows.

Kind of like the unofficial DOSBox X branch.

Get wordperfect 5.1 in there and you might make money. Not legal advice.
Or if you run WordStar, maybe you'll get George R.R. Martin to switch machines :)

Edit for context: http://www.cnet.com/news/at-game-of-thrones-premiere-nerds-c...

I doubt he uses WordStar because he likes it over the alternatives. He probably uses it to avoid distractions, and a new machine would negate that.
Awesome work! Do any classic DOS demos work like Second Reality?
Praise the lord emscripten.
a mobile readable version:

https://getscroll.com/r/ldjaj