Pairwise98

Pairwise98 is Microsoft PICT in a Docker container along with a web frontend.

Please note: The website design mimics Windows 98 and is only functional on large desktop screens. However, since this project was only intended as a technical demo for a talk, this is perfectly fine for the target audience.

Access the tool at pairwise98.de.

This is a private project and is not affiliated with Microsoft. It simply uses Microsoft PICT, which was published under the MIT License by Microsoft.

Run latest version

This project's Docker images are published on Docker Hub. The easiest way to run this project locally is to use the following command:

docker run --rm -it -p8080:8080 renfis/pict

Then navigate to http://localhost:8080 in your favorite desktop browser.

Build Docker image

To build and run the Docker image locally, execute the following commands:

docker build -t pict .

docker run --rm -it -p8080:8080 pict

Then navigate to http://localhost:8080 in your favorite desktop browser.

Running the application in dev mode

You can run your application in dev mode that enables live coding using:

mvn compile quarkus:dev

NOTE: Quarkus now ships with a Dev UI, which is available in dev mode only at http://localhost:8080/q/dev/.

Packaging and running the application

The application can be packaged using:

mvn package

It produces the quarkus-run.jar file in the target/quarkus-app/ directory. Be aware that it’s not an über-jar as the dependencies are copied into the target/quarkus-app/lib/ directory.

The application is now runnable using java -jar target/quarkus-app/quarkus-run.jar.

Creating a native executable

You can create a native executable using:

mvn package -Pnative

Or, if you don't have GraalVM installed, you can run the native executable build in a container using:

mvn package -Pnative -Dquarkus.native.container-build=true

You can then execute your native executable with: ./target/getting-started-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-runner

If you want to learn more about building native executables, please consult https://quarkus.io/guides/maven-tooling.

Software Bill of Materials

This project includes a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) in the Docker image using the CycloneDX format. The SBOM files are generated during the package phase with the cyclonedx-maven-plugin.

The SBOM files are also in the Docker image at the root directory as bom.json and bom.xml.

For more information about SBOMs and how to use them, please see the CycloneDX documentation.

Quarkus

This project uses Quarkus, the Supersonic Subatomic Java Framework. To learn more about Quarkus, please visit its website at https://quarkus.io/.

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Third party resources

Used Windows 98 designs from 98.css and Windows 98 CSS Demo on fjolt.com