MartyPC is a cross-platform emulator of early PCs written in Rust(martypc.net)
107 pointsby boilerupnc6 hours ago15 comments
  • pjmlp2 hours ago
    Adlib support! At least someone else remembers it wasn't only Soundblaster.
  • ranger_danger3 hours ago
    Ironically, and unfortunately, this doesn't actually emulate the FM Towns Marty (or even the regular FM Towns PC) like I assumed it would.
  • rrr_oh_man2 hours ago
    Doesn't seem to support non-QWERTY keboards :(
    • teiferer13 minutes ago
      But it's written in Rust! Who cares about non-qwerty!

      /s

  • Dwedit4 hours ago
    Mysteriously, backslash has been mapped to backspace for some reason.
    • unixhero3 hours ago
      Old terminals had this shenanigans going on too. Backspace was not backspace and so on
  • JMiao2 hours ago
    probably in the minority but i want the screeching and grumbling hard disk sounds
  • chvid2 hours ago
    Almost usable on an iPhone.
  • 4 hours ago
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  • tonyhart7an hour ago
    how to use this fossil computer era ????? I cant type shhiiii
  • BobMcBob2 hours ago
    Yet another avenue to play EGATREK in a browser. For that, its work it.
    • unixhero2 hours ago
      What's great about Egatrek?
    • EvanAndersonan hour ago
      Oh, holy crap. I haven't thought about EGATREK in at least 30 years. I'm going to go dig it up right now. Thanks for causing me to recall that memory!
  • szundi4 hours ago
    Why never seeing a title “written by C” or Java or js
    • pigeons3 hours ago
      "Hax – a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written in C" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49273175

      but I see your point.

    • teiferer11 minutes ago
      Because their following is not cult-based.

      (To clarify: I like Rust. I use it every day. But this is going too far.)

    • pjmlp2 hours ago
      Because they predate HN, and aren't hip languages any longer.

      There was a time for CoffeeScript, PureScript, Elm, Ruby and whatever else you can think of.

      Naturally Lisp has to have monthly entries.

      /s

    • imhoguy3 hours ago
      Because nowadays "written in Rust" means "written by AI", as Java or C are not so sexy for LLMs /s
    • tenox73 hours ago
      The main feature of apps written in Rust is that they are written in Rust.
      • dosisking3 hours ago
        "It's not a feature, it's a bug"
      • fortran773 hours ago
        I flag all these “written in Rust” posts.
        • globalnode2 hours ago
          its just ppl trying to be different from their boring parents. wish i had enough karma to flag them too but i keep getting downvoted into oblivion for making fun of written in rust posts
  • azwaterdamagere2 hours ago
    lol
  • globalnode2 hours ago
    the other week i wrote a program in python, and ive been thinking of upgrading my cpp knowledge from v11, wish me luck
  • hnlmorg2 hours ago
    Early PCs weren’t written in Rust.
    • pjmlp2 hours ago
      In C neither, despite urban myths.
      • hnlmorg32 minutes ago
        Is that something people believe? I can’t say that’s a myth I’ve ever heard.
    • queenkjuul25 minutes ago
      Early PCs were made of steel which can rust
  • Kudosan hour ago
    Not specific to this project, but nowadays when I see "written in rust" I hear "written by Claude".
    • binaryturtle13 minutes ago
      "cross-platform" and Rust, as advertised in the current title/link label, is incompatible for sure. Can't get that to run on my older OS X machine nor my Amiga. :)
  • teiferer13 minutes ago
    What does the "written in Rust" contribute to the title, exactly?