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Windows 95/98/ME emulators

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Software emulators
==Software emulators==
These are emulators in the truest sense, in that they don't do any kind of cheating the way a hypervisor would. 3D graphics and Pentium CPU emulation for these systems usually needs modest to top-notch [https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html single thread performance of CPUs]. [[PCem]], [[86Box]] and [[PCBox]] are full retro x86 computer emulators, spanning from the original IBM 5150 to Pentium III PCs. Setting it up is much like building an actual retro computer, but in software, so expect it to be as difficult as setting up an actual retro PC. This means you're going to have to install Windows 95/98/ME along with all necessary drivers for the hardware you chose. This is also a great option if you want most accurate and compatible option for 3DFX Voodoo emulation and [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=534 Windows 95/98/ME glide games], even if it may be difficult to set up and significantly slower performance compared to [[Wikipedia:X86_virtualization#Hardware-assisted_virtualization|hardware-assisted]] [[Hypervisors]] or [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|DOSBox forks]].
Windows 95/98/ME can also be installed in [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|DOSBox forks]], and it also supports 3DFX Voodoo emulation but compatibility and accuracy aren't as good as [[PCem]] or [[86Box]].
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