wasmer-js VS v86

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I was then able to just use this code example with one caveat (https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer-js?tab=readme-ov-file#use...)

I had to update the SDK import with crossorigin="anonymous"

I use https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer-js and while v0.12 works fine, v1.2 never returns and is stuck in a busy loop internally somewhere. I did not bother bisecting it because the API changed at v1.0.

You can run WASI/WASM modules in the browser using e.g. the (rather simplistic) official WASI polyfill or the more fully-featured wasmer/wasi. So while htis is certainly a bit more combersome than a direct JS FFI, you should already be able to interact with WASI/WASM-compiled Haskell code from JS.

Good spotto! That's the WASI runtime from wasmerjs (https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer-js).

That's not the WASI runtime being used in this playground. The one in this playground is @runno/wasi-motor (https://github.com/taybenlor/runno/tree/main/packages/wasi-m...). I haven't released it as an NPM package, but it's all MIT so feel free to copy it.

WASI Modules via Wasmer JS

I have good news! Wasmer can also be run on the browser. Check out wasmer-js [1]

[1] https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer-js/

Maybe wasmer-js could be used by Deno to provide WASI support inside their engine? :-)

> As a thought experiment, we're almost there! We could technically have `win95.img + bochs86vm.wasm + autorun.inf + msword.exe` wrapped in a "browser evaluator"

I looked into this and... holy crap! We are there. Not for modern programs quite yet, sure, but this is amazing. You can use Windows 2000 from your browser.

https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=windows2000

I think you are looking for Shadow.

https://shadow.goose.icu

Or just the whole kitchen sink. Why not?

http://copy.sh/v86/?profile=windows98

Also: https://github.com/copy/v86 - more productized browser x86 runtime, used by eg https://github.com/snaplet/postgres-wasm

Wonder if you could put all those databases in a Linux image and boot it using v86 [0], eliminating the need for a server.

[0] https://github.com/copy/v86

Trying it out in https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=kolibrios , it's also clearly a love letter to Windows 95 in particular. That could be an unstated goal here, create a very particular PC experience under very particular constraints. I don't know anything about the creator but it's very possible that this kind of work was actually their career in the 90s.

It's incredible how much work was done. Maybe this should be an internet curiosity like how TempleOS has become, though Terry's personality was a unique factor.

hmm, why would people still use VMWare? Isn't vbox open source, or even things such as https://copy.sh/v86/ would do most virtualization trick now days?

Oh, there are more OSes one can use at the parent page:

https://copy.sh/v86/

My highlights:

- First version of Windows (1.01)

- SerenityOS <3

- and even ReactOS