Did You Know …
You might be able to experience . . .
macOS on a WIN computer?
. . . OR other neat EMULATORS too?
You can actually try legacy operating systems … on a browser! And it does not matter if you have WIN or macOS either! There are websites that … almost … let you Time Travel to see what earlier version of (then) current Operating Systems were like! They are not intended to be functional, only descriptive and .. kinda fun, most of them! And no implied guarantee of success here! Just some emulator sites I found out there!
And a HUGE distinction between an emulator of an OS, running on a browser and … actually remote access TO a real computer on campus. That is through a real service at: remotelab.uvic.ca and is EVEN COOLER! The screen grab below is of my old MacBook Pro, accessing a WIN computer in Clearihue! A rather existential question arises … is this Windows IN a Mac, or Windows ON a Mac! 🙂 This will be a future post, just to whet your whistle!
Emulators! According to Wikipedia an emulator is:
In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest).
There are many, many, MANY browser based emulators out there! So I will show a few of them, and then put a list below to try out.
Let’s try Mac emulators first!
Quite a few of these sites have both operating systems listed, so … a Treasure Trove of Emulators!
7 classic versions of Windows and Mac OS you can run in a browser lets you try Mac System 7! This is even before the Cats took over the Mac! Fun Fact – I still own a functioning Mac SE, bought way back in … 1989!!! Such a cool computer!
And what is regarded as the single greatest Macintosh game of all time is … DARK CASTLE! And you can try it out at the same Mac System 7 site! A bit more on games later ….
Inevitable updates to all operating systems are … inevitable! And one of the next ones was Mac OS 8.6: The classic Mac OS nears the end of its life and this was a HUGE upgrade from System 7 – the number alone is … 1+! You can go directly there from here or click the Mac desktop to the left.
And one final Macintosh emulator OS X 10.2: The classic Mac OS is retired …ah, good times, good times …. A HUGE selection of MANY emulators is at VirtualDesktop.org, including OS X 10.2.
And now WINDOWS
The one that started them all .. well, at least in 1995 .. WINDOWS 95! And again, these are all from VirtualDesktop.org, amongst many others! Considering The CALL Facility started out with DOS based machines, running McMaster French, more closely resembling a text adventure game … WINDOWS 95 WAS CONSIDERED SLICED BREAD at the time!
And a final pairing of WINDOWS ME and WINDOWS NT! Microsoft sure like using lots of letters of the alphabet! But, to be fair … Apple liked using cats before Roman Numerals and then portable devices started to show up and now all kinds of … flavours … just like an ice cream shop!
For more Virtual Experiences, I will list a few sites below, but the best to see the most, is at VirtualDesktop.org. Not all there, but .. enough to do a decent days work of Time Travel and see how Operating Systems have changed considerably over the years!
And one last emulator, from my first ever computer that I bought … COMMODORE – C64 Online Emulator! The drawback here is that you need to upload some kind of file FROM an original C64, then it works. So, not much to try here. But I am going to find out HOW to do it though! And even more Online Emulators from the same place too!
I mentioned games earlier, but will have another post in the future about games. Spoile – I am NOT a Gamer!
Emulator Sites to Surf Towards …..
- List of Emulators (Wikipedia)
- List of Computer System Emulators (Wikipedia)
- Commodore 64 emulators (Wikipedia Category)
- 7 classic versions of Windows and Mac OS you can run in a browser
- Mac OS 8 emulator lets you relive the past for the first time
- 5 best PC emulation software for Mac [2021 Guide]
- Emulators can turn your PC into a Mac, let you play games from any era, and more — here’s what you should know about the potential benefits and risks of using one
VICE – the Versatile Commodore Emulator - Commodore 64 emulators (Wikipedia)
- Commodore 64 emulators for Windows 10
- C64 Forever 8 “R3”: Create & Play
- C64 online emulator
- CCS64 – A Commodore 64 Emulator – By Per HÃ¥kan Sundell
- On-line Emulators
- Virtual (Complete) Desktops – SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST!
ENJOY!
How to Play Commodore 64 Games on PC!
Commodore 64 emulator! Vice Emulator Setup!
Kim Justice’s Top 50 Commodore 64 Games
of All-Time (YouTube)
Pawn Stars:
A Working Commodore 64
(Season 14) | History
I will scale back my ‘Daily’ posts in September as the Fall semester will be unlike 
Full Disclosure
So how many computers have YOU worked on and have … forgotten about! I had a post awhile ago about just that topic, ‘
And I bet I can name a MASSIVE computer related piece of ‘software’ that almost everyone will have forgotten about … Y2K! And if you have NEVER heard of that term … then you are probably not much older than 20 years old!
Once, I included a funny math cartoon at the very END of a printed math test for my Grade 12 Math 31 (Advanced) class. This was during my Student Teaching year at U of Calgary.
Math teachers from my high school years
And that is about it for today! A busy day with some meetings, documents and workshops at the speed of Self Pace too! I might throw new stuff in later! You just never know! 
about it, and I am not sure it is installed on any computers at UVic anymore, with Office 365 kinda taking over … for free for students and staff! Which, by the way is a VERY GOOD THING!
And some Classic 
