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    From Javier Sturman@4:900/733 to All on Sat May 23 09:13:28 2026

    Hello everybody!

    I saw a post on X about an emulator for many many OS systems. https://virtualosmuseum.org/

    "This is a virtual museum of operating systems (and standalone applications) running under emulation, implemented as a Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM.
    [...]

    The catalogue covers, among many other things:

    The earliest mainframes: Manchester Baby test/demo programs, Mark 1 Scheme A/B/C/T (the earliest examples of system software that could be considered as an OS), various EDSAC software, etc.
    Later mainframes and minicomputers: CTSS, MVS, VM/370, TOPS-10/20, ITS, Multics, RSX, RSTS, and more
    Workstations and Unix variants: PERQ OSes, SunOS, IRIX, OSF/1, A/UX, NeXTSTEP, Plan 9, various BSDs, plus Linux distributions across the decades, and more
    Home computers: various CP/M variants, Apple II, Commodore 8-bit machines, Atari 8-bit, MSX, Tandy TRS-80, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Sharp MZ, and more
    Personal computer operating systems: various DOS variants, OS/2, BeOS, Windows from 1.0 to early Longhorn betas, classic Mac OS through Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, and more
    Mobile and embedded: PalmOS, EPOC/Symbian, Windows CE, Newton OS, early Android and iOS where emulation permits, QNX, etc.
    Research and obscure systems: ZetaLisp, Smalltalk environments, Oberon, Plan 9, and many more that few people now have ever booted"


    Javier


    --- GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20170303-b20170303 + HPT 1.9.0 + Binkd 1.1a-115
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  • From Bo Holt@1:129/305 to Javier Sturman on Sat May 23 10:02:56 2026
    |03Quoting message from |11Javier Sturman |03to |11All
    |03on |1123 May 26 09:13:28|03.

    Hello everybody!

    I saw a post on X about an emulator for many many OS systems. https://virtualosmuseum.org/

    "This is a virtual museum of operating systems (and standalone application running under emulation, implemented as a Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, o UTM.
    [...]

    The catalogue covers, among many other things:

    The earliest mainframes: Manchester Baby test/demo programs, Mark 1 Sc A/B/C/T (the earliest examples of system software that could be considered an OS), various EDSAC software, etc.
    Later mainframes and minicomputers: CTSS, MVS, VM/370, TOPS-10/20, ITS Multics, RSX, RSTS, and more
    Workstations and Unix variants: PERQ OSes, SunOS, IRIX, OSF/1, A/UX, NeXTSTEP, Plan 9, various BSDs, plus Linux distributions across the decade and more
    Home computers: various CP/M variants, Apple II, Commodore 8-bit machi Atari 8-bit, MSX, Tandy TRS-80, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Sharp MZ, and more
    Personal computer operating systems: various DOS variants, OS/2, BeOS, Windows from 1.0 to early Longhorn betas, classic Mac OS through Mac OS X PPC, and more
    Mobile and embedded: PalmOS, EPOC/Symbian, Windows CE, Newton OS, earl Android and iOS where emulation permits, QNX, etc.
    Research and obscure systems: ZetaLisp, Smalltalk environments, Oberon Plan 9, and many more that few people now have ever booted"


    Javier


    --- GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20170303-b20170303 + HPT 1.9.0 + Binkd 1.1a-115
    * Origin: FIDONODO DE JAS | ¯\_(O,O)_/¯ (4:900/733)
    Oh wow! Worth checking out. Thanks for the tip!

    ... Highballing the skyways between the stars

    --- Renegade v1.44/Exp
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  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Bo Holt on Sat May 23 14:14:40 2026
    Re: Re: Virtual OS Museum
    By: Bo Holt to Javier Sturman on Sat May 23 2026 10:02:56

    I saw a post on X about an emulator for many many OS systems. https://virtualosmuseum.org/

    Oh wow! Worth checking out. Thanks for the tip!

    I was there earlier today. Definitely worth checking out. Lots of screenshots.
    --- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
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  • From Borax Man@3:770/100 to Javier Sturman on Sun May 24 14:12:41 2026
    On 23 May 2026 at 09:13a, Javier Sturman pondered and said...


    Hello everybody!

    I saw a post on X about an emulator for many many OS systems. https://virtualosmuseum.org/

    "This is a virtual museum of operating systems (and standalone applications) running under emulation, implemented as a Linux VM for
    QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM.
    [...]

    The catalogue covers, among many other things:

    This seems impressive. Downloading the "lite" version now.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (3:770/100)
  • From Javier Sturman@4:900/733 to Borax Man on Sun May 24 11:37:16 2026

    Hello Borax!

    24 May 26 14:12, you wrote to me:
    This seems impressive. Downloading the "lite" version now.

    Just 14GB

    Full edition (121G zipped, 174G unzipped):
    SHA256 sum: 00670e1b57ab8222c88abe7801e11791961ba6d6af300ca6a987f34b699b32f0

    Lite edition (14G zipped, 21G unzipped):
    SHA256 sum: d24a3d04e1dc04de56196e2a60a585784a4b8d15c6cd6b50483f814c860be501

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz
    (3:770/100)

    Javier


    --- GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20170303-b20170303 + HPT 1.9.0 + Binkd 1.1a-115
    * Origin: FIDONODO DE JAS | ¯\_(O,O)_/¯ (4:900/733)