#WINDOWS 3.1 CALMIRA SOFTWARE#
I happen to understand why open source software is much better than closed source software in general (hey, I use Linux), but I also know that insulting the makers and users of other software projects just makes you look like an immature prick. What their particular argument boils down to is that all emulators must be open source, and closed source emulators are stealing from “the community” and their developers greedy filthy traitors. The PCSX2 emulator developers have gotten heaps of undeserved hate over the years simply because their emulator isn’t the shining example of what emulation projects should be that Dolphin is.īut it looks to me now like the jealousy and hostility over other emulators is coming directly from the developers of emulators like Mednafen and projects like Libretro and RetroArch. There is definitely some of that going on. I used to think that these assholes who stirred up fights over their favourite emulators were just fanboys taking things too far. Reading the above thread on reddit was an eye-opening experience for me. But apparently this makes me either a paid shill, brainwashed, or afflicted with Stockholm Syndrome. I’m not going to tell anyone to go use an emulator that I’ve never even gotten to run at all. And whenever I see ePSXe being recommended for use by me or anyone else, there’s always that one person who just has to barge into the discussion and demand that everyone stop using ePSXe and use Mednafen instead.Īs I’ve said before, I think Mednafen is garbage. I usually recommend ePSXe, because that is the one that works best for me. This has been especially true when I’ve recommended PlayStation emulators.
It’s not like I’m passing laws or anything.
I’ve always been baffled by this, as for one thing, I can only personally recommend what works for me, and for another, it’s a personal recommendation made over the fucking internet about software to play video games.
Some people have been downright hostile to me over it. They get mad over the stupidest shit – people using or recommending emulators they don’t personally approve of.Īt times I’ve encountered a lot of flak in the past for recommending certain emulators to people. Lately I’ve noticed that there are some people in the “emulation community” who are just assholes.
#WINDOWS 3.1 CALMIRA ARCHIVE#
This introduces a user interface which is a bit more usable on the small screen, but still rather difficult to see – an artifact of the fact that Windows is running at 640x480 on a physical 320x240 screen, which results in text that is a trifle hard to read.ĭo you think that Marcin should find better things to do, or can't you wait to learn Polish so you too can have an exclusive Windows 3.1 smartphone? Share your thoughts over in the forums.I’ve been wanting to make this rant for a while now, but after reading this thread on reddit ( archive here), I feel that now is the right time to do it.
#WINDOWS 3.1 CALMIRA INSTALL#
The hack required a certain amount of cheating, it must be said: Windows 3.1 was only ever produced for the x86 instruction set, whereas the Nokia N95 runs on a pair of ARM processors – a completely different architecture, and a stumbling block that would ordinarily prevent the software from being installed.īy using a copy of the open-source MS-DOS emulator DOSBox – which is capable not only of emulating an MS-DOS compatible operating system, but also an x86 compatible CPU on otherwise incompatible hardware – compiled for the ARM chip, Marcin was able to get the operating system to install and run successfully, although sadly without access to any of the handset's more advanced hardware such as the in-built transceiver or camera.Īlthough the hack peaked at the installation of the rather ageing Windows 3.1, Marcin had one last trick up his sleeve: by using an alternative shell – specifically Calmira II – he was able to bring some of the functionality introduced in the 32-bit Windows 95 to the 16-bit Windows 3.1. In what may well go down as the most awesome – and pointless – hack in smartphone history, a Polish programmer has succeeded in installing a copy of Windows 3.1 on his Nokia N95.Īs reported over on BetaNews yesterday, a hacker by the name of Marcin-PRV posted an article on Polish-language bulletin board FrazPC earlier this week which demonstrates a copy of 16-bit operating system Windows 3.1 running alongside the Symbian S60 OS supplied with the 'phone.
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