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1. Cirrus Logic GD54xx, Paradise/WD VGA now reset the interlace once a text mode is issued if not done automatically. 2. Paradise/WD's 15/16bpp modes using the 800x600 resolution now have the correct ma_latch, should fix most operating systems drivers using this combo. 3. More fixes (hopefully) to the accelerated pitch and rowoffset of the Trident TGUI cards (9440AGi and 96x0XGi), should fix issues with delayed displays mode changes under various operating systems (e.g.: Win3.1x). 4. Preliminary implementation of the Area Fill command of XGA, which is issued while using various painting and/or calc utilities on Win3.1x (IBM XGA updated drivers, e.g.: 2.12). 5. Preliminary (and incomplete) 4bpp XGA mode. 6. The XGA memory test for the 0xa5 using writes (used by various operating systems) no longer conflicts with DOS' XGAKIT's memory detection. 7. Small ROP fixes to both XGA and 8514/A. 8. Re-organized the mapping of the Mach32 chipset, especially when to enable the ATI mode or switching back to IBM mode, should fix LFB conflicts with various operating systems. 9. According to The OS/2 Museum, the Adaptec AHA-154xB series of SCSI cards fail the ASPI4DOS.SYS 3.36 signature check, so now make the changes accordingly. 10. Remove useless and crashy bios-less option of the Trantor T128. 11. The Image Manager 1024 card can also be used on a XT (although only if it has a V20/V30). 12. Re-organized the IBM PS/2 model 60 initialization as well as its right POS machine ID (though an update to sc.exe is still required for the POST memory amount to work normally).
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 both host and guest configuration. Most emulation logic is executed in a single thread; therefore, systems with better IPC (instructions per clock) generally should be able to emulate higher clock speeds.
It is also recommended to use a manager application with 86Box for easier handling of multiple virtual machines.
- 86Box Manager by Overdoze (Windows only)
- 86Box Manager Lite by Insanemal
- WinBox for 86Box by Laci bá' (Windows only)
- Linbox-qt5 by Dungeonseeker (Linux focused, should work on Windows though untested)
- MacBox for 86Box by Moonif (MacOS only)
It is also possible to use 86Box on its own with 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.
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.