86Box
Developer(s) | OBattler |
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Latest version | v2.07 |
Active | Yes |
Platform(s) | Windows |
Emulates | Intel CPUs |
Website | 86box.net |
License | GNU GPLv2 |
Source code | GitHub |
86Box is an open-source, low-level PC emulator. It focuses on PC hardware from the 80s and 90s. A variety of operating systems can be installed in the emulator, which can then be used to launch programs. It is a fork of PCem. It took over from PCem-X after the latter was deprecated.
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Overview
To run any program, an operating system needs to be installed in 86Box first. It has a dynamic recompiler that gives accurate Pentium/II support. It can also emulate numerous 2D and 3D cards.
86Box has now introduced a new GUI on Windows. This GUI is much more reminiscent of something like Virtual PC 2007 or VMware than the PCem UI, so users of those bits of software should feel more at home now.
Image support
Floppy
- IMG, FLP, HDM, BIN (Basic sector floppy images)
- IMD, JSON, TDO (Advanced sector floppy images)
- FDI (Flux floppy images)
- 86F, MFM (Surface floppy images)
Hard disk
- IMG (Raw hard disk images)
- HDI (Hard disk images used by emulators for NEC PC-98)
- VHD (Virtual hard disk images; Support fixed-size, dynamic-size or differencing VHDs)
CD-ROM
- ISO
- CUE
- Mounting a real or virtual CD-ROM drive
Others
- ZDI, IMG (Iomega ZIP drive images; Support both Zip 100 and Zip 250)
- MDI, IMG (Magneto-optical drive images)
OS support
An incomplete list of operating systems that can be installed on it:
- DOS
- Microsoft Windows (up to Windows XP, including pre-reset Windows Longhorn builds and Windows Vista build 3790.1232)
- OS/2
- Any Linux distros (which support Premium processors)
- BeOS
- Minix-PC 1.x, 2.x
- BSD (FreeBSD 6.x and OpenBSD i386 are recommended, NetBSD/i386 has some boot issue)
- NEXTSTEP 3.1 to 3.3, OPENSTEP 4.0 to 4.2 (including Apple Rhapsody developer releases)
Hardware support
Graphics cards
- [PCI] 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000
- [PCI] 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000
- [PCI] 3dfx Voodoo Banshee
- [ISA] AMI S3 86c924
- [ISA] ATI EGA Wonder 800+
- [ISA / PCI / VLB] ATI Graphics Pro Turbo (Mach64 GX)
- [ISA] ATI Korean VGA (ATI-28800-5)
- [ISA] ATI VGA-88 (ATI-18800-1)
- [ISA] ATI VGA Charger (ATI-28800-5)
- [ISA] ATI VGA Edge-16 (ATI-18800-5)
- [ISA] ATI VGA Wonder (ATI-18800)
- [ISA] ATI VGA Wonder XL24 (ATI-28800-6)
- [PCI] ATI Video Xpression (Mach64 VT2)
- [PCI / VLB] Cardex Tseng ET4000/w32p
- [ISA] CGA
- [ISA] Chips & Technologies SuperEGA
- [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5401
- [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5402
- [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5420
- [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5422
- [VLB] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5424
- [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5428
- [ISA] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5429
- [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5430
- [ISA / PCI / VLB] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5434
- [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5436
- [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5440
- [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5446
- [PCI] Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5480
- [ISA] Compaq ATI VGA Wonder XL (ATI-28800-5)
- [ISA] Compaq CGA
- [ISA] Compaq CGA 2
- [PCI] Creative Labs 3D Blaster Banshee
- [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth 32 (Tseng ET4000/w32p)
- [VLB] Diamond SpeedStar PRO (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5426)
- [VLB] Diamond SpeedStar PRO SE (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5430)
- [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 (S3 ViRGE)
- [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 (S3 ViRGE/VX)
- [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (S3 Trio64)
- [PCI / VLB Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM (S3 Vision964)
- [PCI / VLB] Diamond Stealth SE (S3 Trio32)
- [ISA] Diamond Stealth VRAM (S3 86c911)
- [ISA] EGA
- [ISA] G2 GC205
- [ISA] Hercules
- [ISA] Hercules InColor
- [MCA] IBM 1MB SVGA Adapter/A (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5428)
- [ISA] Image Manager 1024
- [ISA] Kasan Hangulmadang-16 VGA (Tseng ET4000AX)
- [PCI] Matrox Mystique
- [PCI] Matrox Mystique 220
- [ISA] Metheus Premier 928 (S3 86c928)
- [ISA] MDA
- [ISA] MDSI Genius
- [PCI / VLB] Number Nine 9FX (S3 Trio64)
- [ISA] OAK OTI-037C
- [ISA] OAK OTI-067
- [ISA] OAK OTI-077
- [ISA] Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 (S3 86c911)
- [PCI / VLB] Paradise Bahamas 64 (S3 Vision864)
- [ISA] Paradise PVGA1A
- [ISA] Paradise WD90C11-LR
- [ISA] Paradise WD90C30-LR
- [VLB] S3 86c805
- [PCI] S3 Trio3D/2X
- [PCI / VLB] S3 ViRGE (325)
- [PCI / VLB] S3 ViRGE/DX
- [PCI / VLB] S3 ViRGE/DX (VBE 2.0)
- [PCI] S3 Vision864
- [PCI / VLB] S3 Trio32
- [PCI / VLB] S3 Trio64
- [PCI / VLB] S3 Trio64V+
- [PCI] S3 Trio64V2/DX
- [ISA] Plantronics ColorPlus
- [ISA] Professional Graphics Controller
- [ISA] Schetmash Iskra EGA (Cyrillic ROM)
- [ISA] Sigma Color 400
- [ISA] SPEA V7 Mirage (S3 86c801)
- [PCI] STB Nitro 64V (Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5446)
- [PCI / VLB] Trident TGUI9440
- [VLB] Trident TGUI9400CXi
- [ISA] Trident TVGA8900B
- [ISA] Trident TVGA8900D
- [ISA] Trident TVGA9000B
- [ISA] Trigem Korean VGA (Tseng ET4000AX)
- [ISA / MCA] Tseng ET4000AX
- [ISA] VGA
- [ISA] Video 7 VGA 1024i
- [ISA] Wyse 700
Various 3D accelerator cards (with SLI support) are also supported:
- 3dfx Voodoo Graphics
- 3dfx Voodoo 2
- Obsidian SB50 + Amethyst (2 TMUs)
Some models with fixed graphics adapters are also supported:
- Amstrad MegaPC
- Amstrad PC1512
- Amstrad PC1640
- Amstrad PC2086
- Amstrad PC3086
- Amstrad PPC512/640
- Compaq Portable II
- Compaq Portable III
- Commodore SL386SX
- IBM PCjr
- IBM PS/1 Model 2011
- IBM PS/1 Model 2121
- IBM PS/2 series
- Olivetti M24
- Packard Bell PB410A
- Packard Bell PB640
- Tandy 1000 series
- Toshiba T1200
- Toshiba T3100e
Sound cards
- [ISA / MCA] Adlib
- [ISA] Adlib Gold
- [ISA] Aztech Sound Galaxy Pro 16 AB (Washington)
- [ISA] Aztech Sound Galaxy Nova 16 Extra (Clinton)
- [PCI] Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1371)
- [ISA] Game Blaster / Creative Music System
- [ISA] Gravis UltraSound
- [ISA] Gravis UltraSound Max
- [ISA] Innovation SSI-2001
- [MCA] NCR Business Audio
- [ISA] Pro Audio Spectrum 16
- [ISA] Sound Blaster 1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0
- [ISA] Sound Blaster Pro v1 / v2
- [ISA] Sound Blaster 16
- [ISA] Sound Blaster AWE32 (not fully emulated)
- [MCA] Sound Blaster MCV
- [PCI] Sound Blaster PCI 128
- [MCA] Sound Blaster Pro MCV
- [ISA] Windows Sound System
Some models with fixed sound hardware are also supported:
- Tandy PSG (PCjr and Tandy 1000)
- Tandy PSSJ (Tandy 1000SL/2)
- PS/1 audio card
Various MIDI synthesizer modules and interfaces are also supported:
- FluidSynth
- Roland MT-32
- Roland CM-32L
- Roland MPU-401
- System MIDI (through MIDI out device from host machine)
Two external audio devices are also supported:
- Covox Speech Thing
- Disney Sound Source
Hard drive controllers
- [MFM] IBM PC Fixed Disk Adapter
- [MFM] DTC 5150X
- [MFM] ST-11M
- [MFM] Western Digital WD1002A-WX1
- [MFM / RLL] IBM PC/AT Fixed Disk Adapter
- [RLL] ST-11R
- [RLL] Western Digital WD1002A-27X
- [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xA
- [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xA
- [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xB
- [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xC
- [ISA] Adaptec AHA-154xCF
- [ISA] BusLogic BT-542B
- [ISA] BusLogic BT-542BH
- [ISA] BusLogic BT-545S
- [ISA] Generic WDC33C93
- [ISA] Longshine LCS-6821N
- [ISA] Rancho RT1000B
- [ISA] Sumo SCSI-AT
- [ISA] Trantor T130B
- [ESDI] IBM PC/AT ESDI Fixed Disk Controller
- [MCA] Adaptec AHA-1640
- [MCA] BusLogic BT-640A
- [MCA] IBM PS/2 SCSI
- [IDE] Acculogic XT-IDE
- [IDE] PC/AT IDE (w/ single-channel or dual-channel)
- [IDE] PC/AT XTIDE
- [IDE] PC/XT XTIDE
- [IDE] PS/2 AT XTIDE (1.1.5)
- [IDE] Western Digital WDXT-150 (XTA)
- [PCI] BusLogic BT-958D
- [PCI] NCR 53C810
- [PCI] NCR 53C825A
- [PCI] NCR 53C860
- [PCI] NCR 53C875
- [PCI] Tekram DC-390
- [PCI] PCI IDE Adapter (w/ single-channel or dual-channel)
- [VLB] BusLogic BT-445S
Network cards
Network cards can use either WinPcap or SLiRP support on the host system.
- [ISA] 3Com EtherLink II (3C503)
- [ISA] AMD PCNet-ISA
- [PCI] AMD PCNet-FAST III
- [PCI] AMD PCNet-PCI II
- [ISA] Novell NE1000
- [ISA] Novell NE2000
- [ISA] Racal Interlan EtherBlaster
- [ISA] Realtek RTL8019AS
- [PCI] Realtek RTL8029AS
- [ISA] Western Digital WD8003E
- [ISA] Western Digital WD8003EB
- [ISA] Western Digital WD8003EBT
Printers
- Generic Text printer
- Generic Epson ESC/P compatible printer
- Generic PostScript compatible printer
Joysticks
- Standard joysticks
- 4-axis joystick
- CH Flightstick Pro
- Microsoft SideWinder Pad
- Thrustmaster Flight Control System
Other hardware
- DTK PII-147 Hexa I/O Plus
- DTK PII-151B floppy drive controller
- DTK PII-158 floppy drive controller
- Everex EV-159 RAM 3000 Deluxe
- Everex EV-170 Magic I/O
- IBM PC/XT memory expansion boards
- IBM PC/AT memory expansion boards
- Iomega ZIP
- Paradise Systems 5-PAK
- PLIP Network
- Micro Mainframe EMS-5150(T)