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-{{Infobox
+{{Infobox emulator
-|first = v9
+|title = Personal Computer emulator
-|second = Yes
+|logo = Pcem-logo.png
-|third = Windows, Linux
+|logowidth = 250
-|fourth = [http://www.tommowalker.co.uk/ Tom Walker]
+|screenshot = PCem-Screenshot.png
-|fifth = [http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/ pcem-emulator.co.uk]
+|version = {{Version|PCem}}
-|sixth = [http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/hg/pcem Mercurial]}}
+|active = Yes
+|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]
+|target = [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]
+|orig-developer = Sarah Walker
+|developer = Michael Manley
+|website = [http://pcem-emulator.co.uk pcem-emulator.co.uk]
+|license = GNU GPLv2
+|source = [https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem GitHub]
+|issuetracker = [https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem/issues GitHub]
+}}
-'''PCem''' is an LLE PC emulator.
+'''PCem''' (an acronym for '''Personal Computer emulator''') is an open-source, [[High/Low level emulation|low-level]] [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|PC emulator]] developed for Windows and Linux. It focuses on PC hardware from the 1980s and 1990s. A variety of operating systems can be installed in the emulator, which can then be used to launch programs.
+==Downloads==
-==Download==
+{| cellpadding="4"
+|-
+|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin}}
+|'''[http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/downloads.html Latest Stable builds]'''<br><small>Need these [[Emulator Files#Multi-system|ROMs]] to run</small>
+|-
+|colspan="3"|<hr/>
+|-
+|align=center|{{Icon|Mac}}
+|'''[https://github.com/PCemOnMac/PCemV17macOS/releases macOS Port]'''
+|}
-[http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/downloads.html]
+==Overview==
+To run any program, an operating system needs to be installed in PCem first. It has a [[Dynamic_recompilation|dynamic recompiler]] in the works that give accurate Pentium support. It can also emulate numerous 2D and 3D cards, even the S3 ViRGE, which no other emulator supports.
-==Features==
+Voodoo support used to be extremely slow, relying on frame skipping to stay full speed. However, in recent builds, this has changed with the introduction of a dynamic recompiler for the Voodoo. It is supposedly at least twice as fast as before, though some apps see up to a 4x increase in speed.
-PCem is a somewhat accurate PC emulator that is capable of running numerous OSes and many, many games. It has a [[Dynamic_recompilation|dynamic recompiler]] in the works that gives accurate Pentium support, but this is experimental and it's only for 32-bit users. It can also emulate numerous 2D and 3D cards, even the S3 ViRGE, which no other emulator supports.
-==Operating System Support==
+==Hardware support==
-{Note: List is incomplete}
+{{for|software that can run hardware features designed for x86 systems|PC Emulator Comparisons#Hardware & Peripheral Support}}
+===Video cards===
+<div class="wikitable" style="-moz-column-width: 25em; -webkit-column-width: 25em; column-width: 25em; list-style-type: decimal;">
+* 3dfx Voodoo Graphics (w/ SLI support)
+* 3dfx Voodoo 2 (w/ SLI support)
+* 3dfx Voodoo Banshee
+* 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000
+* 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000
+* ATI EGA Wonder 800+
+* ATI Graphics Pro Turbo (Mach64GX)
+* ATI Korean VGA (ATI-28800)
+* ATI VGA Edge-16 (ATI-18800)
+* ATI VGA Charger (ATI-28800)
+* ATI Video Xpression (Mach64VT2)
+* CGA
+* Cirrus Logic GD-5402 (Acumos AVGA2)
+* Cirrus Logic GD-5428
+* Cirrus Logic GD-5429
+* Cirrus Logic GD-5430
+* Cirrus Logic GD-5434
+* Compaq CGA
+* Creative 3D Blaster Banshee
+* Diamond Stealth 32 (Tseng ET4000/W32p)
+* Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 (S3 ViRGE/325)
+* EGA
+* Hercules
+* Hercules InColor
+* IBM 1MB SVGA Adapter/A
+* Image Manager 1024
+* Kasan Hangulmadang-16
+* MDA
+* MDSI Genius
+* Number Nine 9FX (S3 Trio64)
+* Paradise Bahamas 64 (S3 Vision864)
+* Plantronics ColorPlus
+* OAK OTI-037C
+* OAK OTI-067
+* Obsidian SB50 (Voodoo Graphics w/ 2 TMUs and w/ SLI support)
+* Olivetti GO481 (Paradise PVGA1A)
+* Phoenix S3 Trio32
+* Phoenix S3 Trio64
+* S3 ViRGE/DX
+* Sigma Color 400
+* Trident 8900D
+* Trident TGUI9440
+* Trident TGUI9400CXi
+* Trident TVGA9000B
+* Tseng ET4000AX
+* Tseng ET4000/W32p
+* VGA
+* Wyse WY-700
+</div>
-List of OS that can be installed on it:
+Some models with fixed graphics adapters are also supported:
+<div class="wikitable" style="-moz-column-width: 25em; -webkit-column-width: 25em; column-width: 25em; list-style-type: decimal;">
+* Amstrad MegaPC (Paradise 90C11)
+* Acer 386SX/25N (Oak OTI-067)
+* Amstrad PC1512 (CGA w/ new modes)
+* Amstrad PC1640 (Paradise EGA)
+* Amstrad PC2086/PC3086 (Paradise PVGA1)
+* Amstrad PPC512/640 (CGA/MDA w/ 640x200 plasma)
+* Commodore SL386SX-25 (AVGA2)
+* Elonex PC-425X (Trident TGUI9400CXi)
+* IBM PCjr (CGA w/ new modes)
+* IBM PS/1 Model 2011 (Stock VGA)
+* IBM PS/1 Model 2121 (Basic SVGA)
+* IBM PS/2 (Stock VGA)
+* Olivetti M24 (CGA w/ double-res text modes and a 640x400 mode)
+* Packard Bell PB410A (Headland HT-216)
+* Packard Bell PB520R (Cirrus Logic GD-5434)
+* Packard Bell PB570 (Cirrus Logic GD-5430)
+* Sinclair PC200 (CGA /w TV output support)
+* Tandy 1000 (Clone of PCjr video)
+* Tandy 1000 SL/2 (Improvement of Tandy 1000)
+* Toshiba T-series (CGA on built-in LCD or plasma)
+</div>
-*DOS
+===Sound cards===
-*Windows 3/3.11
+<div class="wikitable" style="-moz-column-width: 25em; -webkit-column-width: 25em; column-width: 25em; list-style-type: decimal;">
-*Windows 95
+* Adlib
-*Windows 98
+* Adlib Gold (w/ Surround module support)
-*Select any x86-32 flavor of NT before Vista, it works.
+* Aztech Sound Galaxy Pro 16 AB (Washington)
-*Some older flavors of Linux (including Debian 3.0)
+* Game Blaster / Creative Music System
-*BeOS
+* Gravis Ultrasound
+* Innovation SSI-2001
+* Sound Blaster 1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0
+* Sound Blaster Pro v1 / v2
+* Sound Blaster 16
+* Sound Blaster AWE32 (not fully emulated)
+* Sound Blaster PCI 128 / Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1371)
+* Windows Sound System
+</div>
-==Video Card Support==
+Some models with fixed sound hardware are also supported:
-*MDA
+* Tandy PSG (PCjr and Tandy 1000)
-*Hercules
+* Tandy PSSJ (Tandy 1000SL/2)
-*CGA
+* PS/1 audio card
-*EGA
-*VGA
-*A couple of Trident cards
-*Tseng ET4000AX
-*Tseng ET4000/W32p
-*ATI Mach 64
-*S3 Trio64
-*S3 ViRGE
-*3dfx Voodoo (need another card that does VGA for this, just like the real deal.)
-There's also a branch out there that does basic VESA modes for the RIVA 128 and nothing else.
+Two external audio devices are also supported:
+* Disney Sound Source
+* LPT DAC / Covox Speech Thing
+* Stereo LPT DAC
-==Sound Card Support==
+===Hard drive controllers===
-*Game Blaster or Creative Music System
+<div class="wikitable" style="-moz-column-width: 25em; -webkit-column-width: 25em; column-width: 25em; list-style-type: decimal;">
-*Adlib
+* [MFM] AT Fixed Disk Adapter
-*Adlib Gold
+* [MFM] DTC 5150X
-*Sound Blaster 1.0 through AWE32
+* [MFM] Fixed Disk Adapter (Xebec)
-*Gravis Ultrasound
+* [ESDI] Western Digital WD1007V-SE1
-*Windows Sound System
+* [ESDI] IBM ESDI Fixed Disk Controller
-*Innovation SSI-2001 (essentially a PC version of the SID)
+* [IDE] Standard IDE
+* [IDE] XTIDE
+* [IDE] XTIDE (AT)
+* [IDE] XTIDE (PS/1)
+* [SCSI] Adaptec AHA-1542C
+* [SCSI] Buslogic BT-545S
+* [SCSI] IBM SCSI Adapter with Cache
+* [SCSI] Longshine LCS-6821N
+* [SCSI] Rancho RT1000B
+* [SCSI] Trantor T130B
+</div>
+===Network cards===
+* Novell NE2000
+* Realtek RTL8029AS
+===Joysticks===
+* Standard joysticks
+* CH Flightstick Pro
+* Microsoft SideWinder Pad
+* Thrustmaster Flight Control System
+===Other hardware===
+* AZT CDA 468-20I 4X
+* Iomega ZIP
+==See also==
+* [[86Box]] (Derivative of PCem)
+* [[PCBox]] (Another derivative of PCem)
+==External links==
+* {{YouTubeChannelID|UCx76i2jQww0a98iKHi6CYMg|Official YouTube channel}}
+* [http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/phpBB3 Official forum]
 [[Category:Emulators]]
+[[Category:Computer emulators]]
+[[Category:X86 emulators|*]]
 [[Category:Windows emulation software‏‎]]
 [[Category:Linux emulation software]]
+[[Category:Active emulation software]]