Douglas W. Goodall
2013-04-01 20:40:24 UTC
Friends,
I thought you might like to know that my port of Windows 8 to the N8 is
now running well enough
so that you can run the most popular Windows application, Solitaire.
It was a bit tricky moving the GDI code into the TMS9918 graphics
processor to achieve better
performance.
The only rough edge left in the port is the need to have the N8
participate in an always on Internet
connection so the Genuine Windows verification code can run as needed.
This requirement can
be satisfied by using the second serial port for a SLIP or PPP connection.
The second most commonly seen application is running as well as can be
expected, but can only
be seen in it's expected color when a color display is attached via the
composite video connector.
If you don't have a color monitor, you can always use a pair of glasses
with some colored plastic
glued on so the display appears in the expected blue color. If you do
that, the BSOD appears in it's
expected look and feel and can provide the same feeling the original did
while running on a PC.
This open source port can be downloaded from our subversion server using
the usual type of command.
"svn checkout svn://goodall.com/Windows-April1-2013
Have fun,
Douglas
I thought you might like to know that my port of Windows 8 to the N8 is
now running well enough
so that you can run the most popular Windows application, Solitaire.
It was a bit tricky moving the GDI code into the TMS9918 graphics
processor to achieve better
performance.
The only rough edge left in the port is the need to have the N8
participate in an always on Internet
connection so the Genuine Windows verification code can run as needed.
This requirement can
be satisfied by using the second serial port for a SLIP or PPP connection.
The second most commonly seen application is running as well as can be
expected, but can only
be seen in it's expected color when a color display is attached via the
composite video connector.
If you don't have a color monitor, you can always use a pair of glasses
with some colored plastic
glued on so the display appears in the expected blue color. If you do
that, the BSOD appears in it's
expected look and feel and can provide the same feeling the original did
while running on a PC.
This open source port can be downloaded from our subversion server using
the usual type of command.
"svn checkout svn://goodall.com/Windows-April1-2013
Have fun,
Douglas
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