[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-virtual-os-museum-offers-600-systems-for-home-emulation":10},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":22,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},366,"virtual-os-museum-offers-600-systems-for-home-emulation","Virtual OS Museum offers 600+ systems for home emulation","A single developer has compiled over 1,700 images covering 600 operating systems, ready to run on a modern PC.","- A new archive lets you download and emulate more than 600 operating systems on your own computer.\n\n- The collection, called the Virtual OS Museum, houses over 1,700 distinct installations spanning 250 hardware platforms. It was assembled by programmer‑historian Andrew Warkentin, who has been gathering the images since 2003. The library includes everything from the 1948 Manchester Baby to early Android builds in 2011, with many obscure DOS and Acorn variants in between.\n\n- For hobbyists and researchers, the museum provides a ready‑made sandbox for testing legacy software or studying OS evolution without hunting down vintage hardware. It also centralises a scattered set of images that were previously hard to find.\n\n- The project is a reminder that preserving software history often depends on a handful of enthusiasts, not museums with glass cases.","[\"operating-systems\",\"emulation\",\"software-history\"]","2026-06-07T14:17:00.000Z","2026-06-07T15:14:13.759Z","2026-06-07T15:17:55.135Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fvirtual-os-museum-offers-600-systems-for-home-emulation.webp",[26,27,28],"operating-systems","emulation","software-history",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Ftech\u002F945246\u002Fvirtual-os-museum-dos-windows-mac-os",0]