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This feat could not normally be done by the N95's ARM processor, but thanks to an emulator known as DOSBox for Symbian, the ARM chip emulates the x86 architecture...a 486, to be exact, according to Marcin.
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"developer and writer Marcin-PRV", eh? Marcin-PRV hasn't done anything that hasn't been done before. People have been installing Windows 3.1 in DOSBox for years.
The big news here is that DOSBox has been ported to S60, something that Marcin-PRV didn't do, but kolijoco. Marcin-PRV didn't write anything, he just did what others already done before, but on a different platform, thanks to kolijoco.
Marcin-PRV is a copycat. kolijoco is a developer.
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=20708
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|Cool. Now how do I run DOS on my Nokia 3390 phone?
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|I'll be impressed when a preemptive multitasking OS like NT 3.51 or NT4 gets ported.
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|...or AmigaOS. ;-)
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|This is just BEGGING for a joke...
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|What they fail to mention is that minutes after completing the installation of Windows 3.1, Marcin-PRV got a BSOD and has now been on the phone with an outsourced Microsoft tech-support guy for eighteen hours trying find his way out.
And of course the call cost him $59.95
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|DOSbox for S60? I hadn't even heard about that.
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|Somebody has way too much free time on their hands.
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|Yeah, the last picture is definately windows 95 cause the start menu was a "new" feature for windows 95. It also has different style to the other photos...
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|Take a look here:
http://www.calmira.de/
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|That last picture looks like Windows 95. Windows 3.1 didn't have a start menu. What's up with that, Tim?
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|Whoops! I have a bunch of pics from that guy and I u/l'ed one of the wrong ones...he also showed it almost fully running Windows 95. He said it was about 95% done (how appropriate.)
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|What good is Win 3.1 without a 3-1/2" floppy?
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|Why ???
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|Why build skyscrapers, why build supersonic passenger jets?
For the fun of it.
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|Considering you are able to post on this site you should be able to answer *YOUR* questions yourself...
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|Next stop ... Windows ME for the iPhone!
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|Please not ME!!
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|How about Acorn RISC OS. That runs natively on ARM :-)
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