https://github.com/jakejarvis/y2k

💾 Windows Me®, but fully isolated and disposable — the way it was meant to be.
https://github.com/jakejarvis/y2k

docker experiment joke nostalgia qemu quarantine quarantine-project vintage vnc websockets windows windows-me

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💾 Windows Me®, but fully isolated and disposable — the way it was meant to be.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jakejarvis/y2k
• Owner: jakejarvis
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-05-24T20:30:06.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-07-19T17:18:01.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-23T04:30:30.379Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: docker, experiment, joke, nostalgia, qemu, quarantine, quarantine-project, vintage, vnc, websockets, windows, windows-me
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage: https://y2k.pages.dev
• Size: 4.6 MB
• Stars: 30
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# 💾 [Y2K Sandbox](https://jarv.is/y2k/) [![Uptime Robot status](https://img.shields.io/uptimerobot/status/m785127956-49458d510e68142930db872d?logo=windows%2095)](https://jarv.is/y2k/) [![Uptime Robot ratio (7 days)](https://img.shields.io/uptimerobot/ratio/7/m785127956-49458d510e68142930db872d?color=%23638ebd)](https://status.pipe.fail/check/597930)

Nostalgic time machine powered by on-demand Windows Me® VMs, [my first website](https://github.com/jakejarvis/my-first-website), and quarantine boredom. 📟

[**📝 Read the blog post here.**](https://jarv.is/notes/y2k-sandbox/)



## Requirements

- [Docker](https://www.docker.com/)

- [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/)

- [websocketd](https://github.com/joewalnes/websocketd)

- [noVNC](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC)

- [Cloudflare Tunnel](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/tunnel/) (backend) and [Pages](https://pages.cloudflare.com/) (frontend)

- [Microsoft Bob](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob)

## Inspired By

- [charlie.bz](https://charlie.bz/)

- [benjojo.co.uk](https://benjojo.co.uk/)

- [Microsoft Bob](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob)

## To-Do

- [x] **Commit backend scripts**

- [x] Sync user's mouse cursor/movements with VM

- [x] Error messages: no websockets, server down, etc.

- [ ] Usage limits

- [ ] Responsive browser sizing

## License

MIT