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Silicate Wielder
May 1st, 2012, 06:03 PM
Ok this is a survey and poll to see what you guys use for emulation and what Operating systems or games you emulate

your real OS:
The emulator that you use:
What you emulate:
How often you use your emulation application:
Why you use an emulator:

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My results:
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your real OS: Ubuntu 11.10
The emulator that you use: Dosbox
What you emulate: Windows 3.1, 98. Going to test out windows 2000, XP, ME, and Vista.
How often you use your emulation application: Alot
Why you use an emulator: I use it to run my windows Applications in replace of Wine, it also may keep my mom off my back about removing Ubuntu, and the "Dangers" of using it..

Cognizant
May 1st, 2012, 07:08 PM
your real OS: Mac OS X 10.7.3
The emulator that you use: VMWare Fusion and VirtualBox
What you emulate: Win 95/98/2000 Pro/XP Home and Pro/7, Mac OS 9, Ubuntu
How often you use your emulation application: About 1-3 times a month
Why you use an emulator: All except Windows 7 for fun, and I use Windows 7 for running programs I can't use on my mac on unity mode.

Rayquaza
May 2nd, 2012, 11:12 AM
I use Windows 7,

I emulate
Windows XP (Via XP Mode)
Kubuntu
and Android 2.2 (Froyo)
and Android 4.0 (Ice-Cream Sandwich)

Infidelitas
May 2nd, 2012, 04:10 PM
Windows 98 because it's nostalgic as fuck!

ethanf93
May 2nd, 2012, 04:42 PM
your real OS: Windows XP/occasionally others
The emulator that you use: VirtualBox, occasionally DOSBox for DOS games
What you emulate: Usually Linux or WinNT4; more recently the iOS emulator bundled with xcode
How often you use your emulation application: rarely
Why you use an emulator: For NT4: historical interest; for Linux: playing around with it.

Gandalf
May 2nd, 2012, 04:59 PM
Real OS: Windows 7
Emulator: Dosbox
(Dos emulation) (Marked as other on survey)

I rarely use it but when I do it's for messing around on Simcity 2000 (yes I know there are newer versions but I enjoy it's quirkyness

Thunduhbuhlt
May 2nd, 2012, 05:07 PM
your real OS: Windows 7 and Android 2.3 & 4.0
The emulator that you use: depends...
What you emulate: Usually Android
How often you use your emulation application: once a month or so
Why you use an emulator: why not?