[geeks] the virtualization project

[Lionel Peterson]

I'll bet (but not attempt!) that you could write an x86 emulator in BASIC that
could support Linux running in it - it wouldn't be fast or pretty, but I bet
it could be done.

I once worked on a mainframe product that emulated an x86 machine on a
mainframe, just to run a PC application to allow non-developers to code simple
applications on a mainframe.

Lionel

On Sep 9, 2011, at 3:18 PM, Nate Raymond <nraymond at gmail.com> wrote:

> Indeed.  Javascript is now at the point where you can run machine emulators
> written in nothing but Javascript.  So it is now possible to run Linux
> inside an emulator inside a web browser for instance:
>
> http://bellard.org/jslinux/tech.html
>
> - Nate