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keewee7 on Jan 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Alpine Linux in the Browser (2020)

It's worth mentioning that the initial version of this didn't use WebAssembly. Bellard literally implemented i386/PC emulation in pure JavaScript (ES5) back in 2011.

jchw on Jan 14, 2023 [–]

It did require W3C Typed Arrays to perform decently, but I remember with polyfills it even ran in the contemporary version of Internet Explorer (9 if memory serves correctly?)

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