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I actually used this to run Windows in a BOSCH emulator on my first smartphone - HTC TyTN II. It was painfully slow and unusable for any practical purposes.

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> BOSCH emulator

Do you perhaps mean Bochs[1]? I've seen it booting Windows 95 on an early PSP and similar stunts, so running Windows inside Bochs on a smartphone would IMO not be that much out of the ordinary.

Or is there really a PC emulator from BOSCH[2] available somewhere?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bochs

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch_GmbH

It's obvious that he meant Bochs, no need to play dumb.

At least over here (Germany & Austria) Bosch is a very common household name, as they not only are one of the larger employers around, but also have their logo on lots of common household appliances (e.g. dish washers, washing machines, ...) and tools, in addition to manufacturing ECUs for pretty much the entire German car industry.

I just found the idea quite funny that I could have a "BOSCH emulator" in my tool box, right next to my BOSCH electric drill. Especially since OP even used the capitalized spelling from the brand logo.

I'm not trying to be mean here, I genuinely found it funny and tried to point that out the way people usually do in social interactions, rather than rudely responding along the lines of "OMG you made a typo there". I guess that got a little "lost in translation" due to the textual medium and culture difference?

Siemens writes a lot of software. Wouldn’t surprise me if Bosch also did

They, indeed, do.

Yes, indeed. And Siemens actually does have their own hypervisor: https://github.com/siemens/jailhouse

Bosch publishes some Java Open Source stuff for IoT.

Never heard of Bochs before, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if Bosch AG had an emulator for some out-of-date PC hardware config, given the breadth of components (automotive especially) they do. I've found out about much crazier things than that on HN.

Bosch emulator to emulate the advantages of antilock brake systems.

Yes, Bochs.

What's a BOSCH emulator? Or is this a "bochs" typo?

He meant "bochs"; I suspect an "autocorrect" miscorrection, my tablet does also include popular brand names as "helpful" suggestions. And when you don't see any red waves under the words before submitting, that miscorrection might go unnoticed when posting.

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