Portable CE 2.0

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Portable CE 2.0

#1 Post by Dhalamar »

http://www.furrygoat.com/2005/09/portable_ce_20.html

I couldn't tell ya how portable it is in regards to registry entries and whatnot, I just ran across it. :)

From the site:

"What is Portable CE? Put simply, Portable CE is a 'launcher' for the Windows CE Emulation environment that can run an emulator-based Windows CE image from a USB keychain.

What's new in Version 2.0? Here's the killer part: Version 2.0 is now based off the new ARM based Device Emulator which can run native Pocket PC binaries. Yes, you read that correctly - with this version, you will be able to run most Pocket PC apps from emulation."

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Re: Portable CE 2.0

#2 Post by webfork »

Ancient (as this is a reply to one of the oldest posts on the site) thread update:

I wasn't surprised to find the main site offline, so here's the archive.org page: https://web.archive.org/web/20150113030 ... ble-ce-20/

The affiliated links and required tools are unfortunately also broken. The Device Emulator discussed in it's community preview edition is now on v.3.0, released in 2008: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Device_Emulator ... it likely doesn't function in the same portable manner as before.

It was also discussed over on PA: https://portableapps.com/node/372

My hope was to find some tools that are compatible with software of it's era or some excellent games, but mostly it's just looking like an extremely lightweight OS.

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I was a somewhat inspired by the Lazy Game Reviews channel, which highlights ancient software (primarily games), to dig into this.

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#3 Post by Midas »

I would be very interested in your findings, too.

I still have my first PDA somewhere -- a Fujitsu-Siemens device I used as a (car-)portable GPS -- and I remember Windows CE as extremely lightweight (and somewhat buggy, too, like most OSes were back then).

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Not sure if it helps anyone, but one of the tools mentioned in the old article can still be found at kixtart.org.

snetcfg.zip
Description: Windows 2000

snetcfg_wxp.zip
Description: Windows XP

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Re: Portable CE 2.0

#5 Post by webfork »

appsuser wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:09 pm Not sure if it helps anyone, but one of the tools mentioned in the old article can still be found at kixtart.org.
Cool, thanks for that
Midas wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:20 am I would be very interested in your findings, too.

I still have my first PDA somewhere -- a Fujitsu-Siemens device I used as a (car-)portable GPS -- and I remember Windows CE as extremely lightweight (and somewhat buggy, too, like most OSes were back then).
I probably won't dig into this much further just because it didn't solve the problem I was hoping it would, but I remember the OS fondly (bugs and all) and might be able to find some great stuff with some digging.

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