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Multiple Emulators via your Web Browser

posted by LaminatorX on Monday October 20 2014, @05:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the NetBSD-on-a-toaster dept.

The bwFLA Emulation as a Service (EaaS) Project at the University of Freiberg has developed software to offer access to emulated software environments provided by multiple different emulators via a web browser. An example is available on their website with another available on the Rhizome Art Museum's site. The Emulation as a Service model may provide an attractive option for the owners of old software who are uncomfortable will selling old versions of their software directly but would like to open access to their back catalogs. It also promises to give those working to maintain access to historic digital content a new mechanism for providing off-site access to complex, interactive digital objects, as highlighted on the Library of Congress's Digital Preservation blog.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 20 2014, @12:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 20 2014, @12:39PM (#107791)

    The value seems to be that it makes it possible to provide access to those old environments to people who don't have the time or understanding/skills to do all the configuration themselves.