Real machines, not mockups.
How the room works: what actually runs when you boot a machine in TempMV, why it disappears when you reload, and what it can and cannot do.
Every unit in the room is a full x86 machine running inside your browser tab. It's not a video or an image: there's a virtual processor running real machine code, a BIOS boot, video, keyboard, disk and clock. When you watch a system boot, it's really booting.
Ephemeral on purpose
Each machine's state lives only in the page's memory. That's by design: the room is a disposable test bench. If you reload or close the tab, every machine powers off and disappears with no way to recover it. Want to keep a moment? Save a template to the library, export the state to a file, or use snapshots and screenshots from the console.
Three ways to mount
- From a base — ready-to-boot systems. The ones marked offline are bundled and boot with no connection; the online gallery downloads in your browser on the spot.
- From scratch — an empty x86 machine. Boots to the BIOS and, if you add a blank disk, you can install a system by mounting an image.
- Your own image — upload an ISO, floppy or hard disk from your computer, or paste the URL of a public image.
Privacy
Images you upload are read locally and loaded into the machine's memory; they're never transmitted. Gallery bases download straight from their origin to your browser.
Honest limits
- Performance depends on your processor: each machine runs on your own CPU. The bigger graphical systems (marked heavy) are slower and more experimental.
- Some online gallery bases depend on their origin server being reachable and CORS-enabled; if one fails, the console says so. Offline bases, uploads and from-scratch always work.
- Networking inside the machine is experimental.
Ready to tinker?
Mount a machine and boot it in seconds. Remember: what happens in the room stays in the room… until you reload.
Keep reading: the guides, the glossary.