The Virtual OS Museum opens its doors
The Virtual OS Museum has launched, showcasing a vast collection of over 600 historic operating systems. It offers two download options: a Full edition and a Lite edition, catering to different user needs. This project serves as an interactive guide to the evolution of operating systems, allowing enthusiasts to explore and run vintage OSes through emulation.
- ▪The museum includes operating systems from as far back as 1948, such as the Manchester Baby and early versions of Windows NT.
- ▪The Full edition of the museum is a 121 GB download, while the Lite edition is a more manageable 14 GB.
- ▪The project is distributed under various licenses, including the MAME license for the launcher and CC-BY-NC-SA for metadata.
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