Virtual OS Museum
Virtual museum
An ambitious collection of nearly every operating system, praised as impressive and fun. Common caveat: hard to search.
An ambitious collection of nearly every operating system, praised as impressive and fun. Common caveat: hard to search.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 77%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Impressive, ambitious, worthwhile effort
“This is an impressive effort and offering and I really want to try it out!”
Comment from 20 May 2026 in “I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of” “Wish it was a bit more searchable but still a great effort.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of” “An amazing, herculean effort! thumbs up to Andrew”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of” Enjoyable to browse and explore
“This is wonderful. I'm looking forward to looking thru it properly.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of” “This is quite good and I really like it.”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of” “Fun project site either way.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual OS MuseumThis page | 10 | 3 | 77% | 2 | — | — |
| Interim Computer Museum | 8 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the fantastic Virtual OS Museum”
“it is currently broken in the Virtual OS Museum”
“it really hurts my eyes to read with the website style”
“This is quite good and I really like it.”
“albeit a 120 GB download is a herculean task though”
“This is an impressive effort and offering and I really want to try it out!”
“The abstract list, which is pretty complete is here”
“Would've been cooler if the emulator was implemented within the browser itself”
“Wish it was a bit more searchable but still a great effort.”
“An amazing, herculean effort! thumbs up to Andrew”
“This is wonderful. I'm looking forward to looking thru it properly.”
“Scrolling is extremely laggy.”
“Fun project site either way.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.