Run classic Macintosh OS natively in your browser, courtesy of JavaScript. While you can always cop an old Macintosh off of Craiglist, there might be an even easier way to. Online Android Emulators: These are also known as Browser Based Android Emulators because they run on any normal web browser like Google chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Android is one of the most widely used operating system on the planet.

Whether you’re old enough to enjoy a wander down memory lane, or want to see what life was like for the Mac pioneers, the emulator is a really fun experience in all its 9-inch black-and-white glory! For me, it was fascinating to re-use the machine I first used to write for the early computer magazines back in 1984. The original version of MacWrite could store up to eight pages, so longer pieces had to be written in sections. If you had only the single built-in floppy drive, you would have to constantly swap system disk, MacWrite and data disk. But WYSIWYG editing was miraculous in the days when other machines used codes for things like ^bbold^b and ^iitalics^i. You can run the emulator by clicking on any of the software.

Be patient, though, as it has to download the necessary files before loading, then everything runs at real-life speeds. Switching between normal size and full-screen is also a little flakey, so best to do that before you start using an app.

Friend has taken a Macintosh emulator and tweaked it so that it runs in a web browser, and you’ll be surprised how much you can do with it. Not only can you play around on the desktop and reminisce about how good life was back in the 90s, but you can also run a bunch of apps, including HyperCard Player, TeachText, MacDraw, and MacPaint. It’s a little slow — you’ll have to give it some time to load — but it’s a lot of fun. It’s also a great chance to experience what Mac OS was like many moons ago, before we had color displays and pretty graphics. To check it out, just visit in your web browser.

Friend also has an emulator running Windows 3.0 if you’re into that kind of thing, plus an even better Macintosh emulator with loads of other apps and games.