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Programmer gets a NES to emulate a PC, and it's as ridiculous as it sounds

NES86 is a newly unveiled project designed to bring early PC system emulation to the Nintendo Entertainment System. The emulator can seemingly recreate an Intel 8086 processor,...

The emulator can seemingly recreate an Intel 8086 processor, along with essential PC hardware, with enough accuracy to boot and run a stripped-down version of the Linux kernel. To overcome this gap, decrazyo relied on emulation techniques to painstakingly replicate early PC technology on Nintendo's gaming console. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go dig out my ancient Italian-made IBM PC clone (Olivetti Prodest PC1) from my parents' garage and spend the night playing Lode Runner.

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