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by xanathar 617 days ago
To run win32 applications inside Windows operating systems that are too modern (e.g. for 16bit apps), in a browser or on macOS (recent versions of macOS do not have 32bit support and IIRC runnin 32bit wine was not easy).

Of course these are my guesses, I don't think the "purpose" of boxedwine is ever explicitly stated.
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saurik 617 days ago
Oh oh oh! It in fact now does feel pretty obvious: I missed the part about how if you have this entire stack as one piece you can run it in the browser. Thanks!!
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hulitu 617 days ago
Can i run a browser in a browser ? How about a browser in an OS in a broeser ? /s

(i just have free RAM)

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TowerTall 616 days ago
You can. Watch a few minutes from 11:42

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...

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