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* Add the VLSI SuperCore and Wildcat chipsets * Disable logging and minor cleanups * Add the AST Bravo MS P/90 (Rattler) * Add the AT&T Globalyst 620 (NCR 3248) * Add the DEC Celebris 5xx * Add the DFI G586VPM Rev C * Add the Packard Bell PB600 * Fix southbridge PCI Command Register writes * Block the Cyrix 6x86 on incompatible machines * Rename the AT&T Globalyst 620 to include the names of the NCR counterparts * Add the Zeos Pantera Wildcat * Add RZ-1001 variant of the RZ-1000 PCI IDE controller and made the Zeos Pantera Wildcat use it * Add the Micronics M54Si * Update machine_table.c * Re-add new machines to machine table * Update machine inits to use new KBC device names * Use correct machine init method as NVRAM init is done by the chipset code * Use a Phoenix KBC for the AST Bravo since the BIOS calls command D5h to show the KBC revision * Update KBC comments in machine table * Update VLSI 59x chipset comments * Update machine inits for new super I/O code * Reorganize machines and update comments * AST readout device actually has multiple indexed registers * Implement the AST Bravo MS ECP DMA configuration * Implement jumpered/hardwired ECP DMA for the remaining machines * Fix ECP DMA on the AST Bravo MS * Move the DEC Celebris to the Socket 4/5 category * Implement SMI I/O port read, fixes APM init on AT&T, Micronics and Zeos machines * Convert AST readout device to new logging system * Update KBC init to new method * Cleanups
86Box
86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.
Features
- Easy to use interface inspired by mainstream hypervisor software
- Low level emulation of 8086-based processors up to the Mendocino-era Celeron with focus on accuracy
- Great range of customizability of virtual machines
- Many available systems, such as the very first IBM PC 5150 from 1981, or the more obscure IBM PS/2 line of systems based on the Micro Channel Architecture
- Lots of supported peripherals including video adapters, sound cards, network adapters, hard disk controllers, and SCSI adapters
- MIDI output to Windows built-in MIDI support, FluidSynth, or emulated Roland synthesizers
- Supports running MS-DOS, older Windows versions, OS/2, many Linux distributions, or vintage systems such as BeOS or NEXTSTEP, and applications for these systems
Minimum system requirements and recommendations
- Intel Core 2 or AMD Athlon 64 processor or newer
- Windows version: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later
- Linux version: Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9.0 or other distributions from 2016 onwards
- macOS version: macOS High Sierra 10.13 or newer
- 4 GB of RAM or higher
Performance may vary depending on host and guest configuration. Most emulation logic is executed in a single thread. Therefore, systems with greater IPC (instructions per clock) capacity should be able to emulate higher clock speeds.
For easier handling of multiple virtual machines, use a manager application:
- Avalonia 86 by notBald (Windows and Linux)
- 86Box Manager by Overdoze (Windows only)
- 86Box Manager X by xafero (Cross platform Port of 86Box Manager using Avalonia)
- sl86 by DDX (Command-line 86Box machine manager written in Python)
- Linbox-qt5 by Dungeonseeker (Linux focused, should work on Windows though untested)
- MacBox for 86Box by Moonif (MacOS only)
To use 86Box on its own, use the --vmpath/-P command line option.
Getting started
See our documentation for an overview of the emulator's features and user interface.
Community
We operate an IRC channel and a Discord server for discussing 86Box, its development, and anything related to retro computing. We look forward to hearing from you!
Contributions
We welcome all contributions to the project, as long as the contribution guidelines are followed.
Building
For instructions on how to build 86Box from source, see the build guide.
Licensing
86Box is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. For more information, see the COPYING file in the root of the repository.
The emulator can also optionally make use of munt, FluidSynth, Ghostscript and Discord Game SDK, which are distributed under their respective licenses.
Donations
We do not charge you for the emulator but donations are still welcome: https://paypal.me/86Box.
You can also support the project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/86box.