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I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of

https://virtualosmuseum.org/
99•andreww591•59m ago

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a1o•48m ago
Do you have that Windows 3.1 version that came with the Compaq that had the DE that was like a paper folder instead of an empty desktop, and that you could put the icons in the different tabs of the paper folder?
andreww591•38m ago
I don't think I've heard of an alternate shell/launcher like that before. Do you remember what it was called?
Avamander•38m ago
Your comment reminds me of HP's obscure EFI OS called QuickLook. I would guess there's a lot of obscure OSs out there.
simianpirate•21m ago
I believe you are speaking of Tabworks?
AnimalMuppet•43m ago
Wow. That was a bit of nostalgia, just to read some of the names.
juvoly•42m ago
Yeah! Browsing through the screenshots truly feels like watching vintage porn.
hoansdz•8m ago
You can only view the operating system, you can't view those websites again, haha.
newer_vienna•42m ago
Is TempleOS in here?
TheSkyHasEyes•25m ago
https://virtualosmuseum.org/readme/#whats-included
ktm5j•11m ago
That doesn't answer his question.. looks like there isn't a comprehensive list of what's actually included. Maybe for legal reasons but that's just a guess.
f311a•5m ago
Could not find it.
pfcd•30m ago
Also might be of interest: http://www.typewritten.org/
ChrisArchitect•12m ago
Recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48104428
ChrisArchitect•27m ago
Blog post: https://andreww591.blogspot.com/2026/05/ive-released-virtual...
SkiFire13•18m ago
Is there a way to see a list of the operating systems included without having to download and run the tool?
theYipster•12m ago
This is awesome.
eichin•9m ago
I hadn't realized Domain/OS emulation was viable these days. It's one of the few systems that has actually "lost" features - the terminal-window-like thing (called pads, I think?) when in line mode had a dividing line at the bottom where your unconsumed typeahead was visible and you could continue to edit it until it got read - not just one line, the entire unconsumed input. (Not that it's a particularly desirable feature - it's just one that I'm pretty sure you can't implement with ptys...)
Teever•8m ago
Very neat to see this project come to completion Andreww.

Are there any any operating systems that you'd like to add to the collection but haven't been able to find?

Maybe someone here at HN could help with that.

sdbillin•7m ago
Could really do with a torrent. 120GB at 3MB/sec...
VladoIvankovic•4m ago
Cool
nlitsme•2m ago
quite a decent collection. and actual working osses.

one that i noticed missing: Novell Netware, I spent several years in de 90s developing software for it.

3.x, 4.x ran on relatively regular 32-bit PC server hardware. 2.x ran on the 80286 in protected mode, the only OS I know which did that.

Copies can be found at archive.org.

I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of

https://virtualosmuseum.org/
102•andreww591•59m ago•21 comments

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356•interpol_p•4h ago•190 comments

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35•akhuettel•1h ago•3 comments

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63•NaOH•23h ago•3 comments

OpenBSD 7.9

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246•bradley_taunt•3h ago•152 comments

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203•vi_sextus_vi•2d ago•65 comments

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282•theanonymousone•11h ago•198 comments

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37•cfmcdonald•16h ago•11 comments

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39•augustvdv•2h ago•17 comments

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261•pabs3•13h ago•21 comments

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176•ivank•2d ago•19 comments

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167•SockThief•2d ago•134 comments

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244•asar•23h ago•183 comments

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350•andrewzeno•17h ago•90 comments

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141•krupan•3d ago•60 comments

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94•neogodless•4h ago•16 comments

Colonization of Venus

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169•exploraz•1d ago•110 comments

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339•lukaspetersson•22h ago•255 comments