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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Help wanted: QEMU Advent Calendar 2014 extravaganza
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On 10/22/2014 03:50 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> Ideas list for disk images (reply if you want to volunteer to create the image):
>  * Slackware 1.0 with Linux 0.99pl11 (1993)
>  * ReactOS
>  * Haiku
>  * MINIX 3
>  * Plan 9
>  * QEMU inside QEMU - nested emulation (how many levels can you do?!)

Maybe a small x86 image that runs ARM via linux-user?

>  * FreeDOS boot to DOOM or Commander Keen (use shareware version or
> open source clone)
>  * International Obfuscated C Coding Competition 2004 entry - 32-bit
> multitasking operating system (http://www.ioccc.org/2004/gavin.hint)
>  * Something s390 :-)
>  * Your idea...!

I guess a C64 emulator would not be distributable due to non-free ROMs.

I can try making a FreeDOS boot with 2nd reality or something similarly
"demosceney".  Also perhaps a 512-byte image that prints PI digits
(based on tests/tcg/pi_10.com).

Paolo