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Re:Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95 by tetris11 on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @07:53AM (#40050869) 

    # create disk image 
    qemu-img create -f qcow2 win95.img 10G
    # install win95 from iso
    qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -hda win95.img -cdrom windows95.iso -boot d
    # boot the disk
    qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -hda win95.img
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Re:Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95 by InfamousRece on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @07:56AM (#40050886)
Now configure the network card on that thing
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Re:Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95 by a1xndr on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @09:32AM (#40051645)
On most builds of QEMU, that command will start a VM with an e1000 card networked through SLIRP. It's the equivalent of something like:

  -netdev user,id=net0 -device e1000,netdev=net0
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