A browser emulator's software just ran on the real hardware it copies (pcjs.org)
PCjs, a browser archive of 1970s and 80s computers built solo by developer Jeff Parsons, turns out accurate enough that software built inside it keeps working outside it too: a real binary, not a screenshot or a video capture.
One commenter's actual 1980s IBM PC just started throwing hard-drive read errors and RAM parity faults. He's seriously considering switching to the browser version instead. The copy has started outlasting the original.
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