Google Brings AmigaOS to Chrome Via Native Client Emulation 157
First time accepted submitter LibbyMC writes "Google's approach to bringing older C software to the browser is demonstrated in bringing the '80s-era AmigaOS to Chrome. 'The Native Client technology runs software written to run on a particular processor at close to the speeds that native software runs. The approach gives software more direct access to a computer's hardware , but it also adds security restrictions to prevent people from downloading malware from the Web that would take advantage of that power.'" Chrome users can go straight to the demo.
80's hardware (Score:5, Funny)
So an emulator running on 2010 era hardware can almost run at speeds of the native technology on 80's era hardware.
wow
Give me a damn web browser (Score:5, Funny)
Re:We must go deeper! (Score:2, Funny)
Yes! Port Chromium to AmigaOS, so you can run it in the emulator in Chrome!
Re:So Great OS ran on top of crappy OS? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Give me a damn web browser (Score:5, Funny)
This is Google demonstrating that their platform for abstracting a client's hardware is robust and performant. I suspect that Amiga emulation is just because it's cool.
No, It's just so you can play Lemmings the way it was meant to be played.
Re:80's hardware (Score:5, Funny)
It's emulating Windows instead of AmigaOS?