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~~'''~~PCem~~'''~~ is an LLE PC emulator. It focuses on PC hardware from the 1980's and 1990's. A variety of operating systems can be installed in the emulator, which can then be used to launch programs.

[[PCem]] is an [[High/Low level emulation|LLE]] [[IBM PC/XT emulators|PC emulator]]. It focuses on PC hardware from the 1980's and 1990's. A variety of operating systems can be installed in the emulator, which can then be used to launch programs.

==Downloads==

*[http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/downloads.html PCem ~~Stable Builds~~]

* [http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/downloads.html PCem stable builds]

*[https://www.sendspace.com/file/eeydef Required ROMs]

* [https://www.sendspace.com/file/eeydef Required ROMs]

==Overview==

~~PCem is a PC emulator that emulates hardware from the 1980s and mid-1990s. It does not emulate the operating systems as well however.~~ To run any program, an operating system needs to be installed in PCem first.

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 gives accurate Pentium support. A fork called [[PCem-X]] has slow Pentium Pro and Pentium 2 support as well, though it isn't accurate. It can also emulate numerous 2D and 3D cards, even the S3 ViRGE, which no other emulator supports.

It has a ~~[[Dynamic_recompilation|~~dynamic recompiler~~]] in~~ the ~~works that gives accurate Pentium support~~. ~~A fork called [[PCem-X]] has slow Pentium Pro and Pentium 2 support~~ as ~~well~~, though ~~it isn't accurate. It can also emulate numerous 2D and 3D cards, even the S3 ViRGE, which no other emulator supports~~.

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.

~~Voodoo~~ support ~~used to~~ be ~~extremely slow, and relied~~ on frame skipping to even stay fullspeed. 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.

==OS support==

An incomplete list of OS that can be installed on it:

~~==Operating System Support==~~

* DOS

~~{Note: List is incomplete}~~

* Windows 1/2

* Windows 3/3.11

* Windows 95

* Windows 98

* Windows ME

* Select any IA-32 flavor of NT before Vista, it works.

* OS/2 up to at least Warp 3

* Any flavor of Linux that supports the original Pentium

* BeOS

~~List of OS that can be installed on it:~~

==Hardware support==

===Video cards===

*DOS

* MDA

*Windows 1/2

* Hercules

*Windows 3/3.11

* CGA

*Windows 95

* PCjr

*Windows 98

* Tandy

*Windows ME

* EGA

*Select any IA-32 flavor of NT before Vista, it works.

* VGA

*OS/2 up to at least Warp 3

* OAK OTI-067

*Any flavor of Linux that supports the original Pentium

* A couple of Trident cards

*BeOS

* Cirrus GD5429

* Tseng ET4000AX

==Video ~~Card Support~~==

* Tseng ET4000/W32p

*MDA

* ATI Mach 64

*Hercules

* S3 Trio64

*CGA

* S3 ViRGE

*PCjr

* 3dfx Voodoo (need another card that does VGA for this, just like the real deal.)

*Tandy

*EGA

*VGA

*OAK OTI-067

*A couple of Trident cards

*Cirrus GD5429

*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 is also a preliminary branch out there for RIVA TNT support. However, this code cannot be used directly with mainline, as it has a bug causing segfaults when cards attempt to use more than 8 MB of VRAM. Even when it does work, it only works for VESA games, and even then, it's only really been tested with Quake.

==Sound ~~Card Support~~==

===Sound cards===

*PCjr and Tandy

* PCjr and Tandy

*Game Blaster or Creative Music System

* Game Blaster or Creative Music System

*Adlib

* Adlib

*Adlib Gold

* Adlib Gold

*Sound Blaster 1.0 through AWE32

* Sound Blaster 1.0 through AWE32

*Gravis Ultrasound

* Gravis Ultrasound

*Windows Sound System

* Windows Sound System

*Innovation SSI-2001 (essentially a PC version of the SID)

* Innovation SSI-2001 (essentially a PC version of the SID)

==External links==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx76i2jQww0a98iKHi6CYMg/videos Official YouTube ~~Channel~~]

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx76i2jQww0a98iKHi6CYMg/videos Official YouTube channel]

[[Category:Emulators]]

[[Category:IBM PC/XT emulators]]

[[Category:Windows emulation software‏‎]]

[[Category:Linux emulation software]]

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 |sixth = [https://bitbucket.org/pcem_emulator/pcem Mercurial]}}
-'''PCem''' is an LLE PC emulator. It focuses on PC hardware from the 1980's and 1990's. A variety of operating systems can be installed in the emulator, which can then be used to launch programs.
+[[PCem]] is an [[High/Low level emulation|LLE]] [[IBM PC/XT emulators|PC emulator]]. It focuses on PC hardware from the 1980's and 1990's. A variety of operating systems can be installed in the emulator, which can then be used to launch programs.
 ==Downloads==
-*[http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/downloads.html PCem Stable Builds]
+* [http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/downloads.html PCem stable builds]
-*[https://www.sendspace.com/file/eeydef Required ROMs]
+* [https://www.sendspace.com/file/eeydef Required ROMs]
 ==Overview==
-PCem is a PC emulator that emulates hardware from the 1980s and mid-1990s. It does not emulate the operating systems as well however. To run any program, an operating system needs to be installed in PCem first.
+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 gives accurate Pentium support. A fork called [[PCem-X]] has slow Pentium Pro and Pentium 2 support as well, though it isn't accurate. It can also emulate numerous 2D and 3D cards, even the S3 ViRGE, which no other emulator supports.
-It has a [[Dynamic_recompilation|dynamic recompiler]] in the works that gives accurate Pentium support. A fork called [[PCem-X]] has slow Pentium Pro and Pentium 2 support as well, though it isn't accurate. It can also emulate numerous 2D and 3D cards, even the S3 ViRGE, which no other emulator supports.
+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.
-Voodoo support used to be extremely slow, and relied on frame skipping to even stay fullspeed. 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.
+==OS support==
+An incomplete list of OS that can be installed on it:
-==Operating System Support==
+* DOS
-{Note: List is incomplete}
+* Windows 1/2
+* Windows 3/3.11
+* Windows 95
+* Windows 98
+* Windows ME
+* Select any IA-32 flavor of NT before Vista, it works.
+* OS/2 up to at least Warp 3
+* Any flavor of Linux that supports the original Pentium
+* BeOS
-List of OS that can be installed on it:
+==Hardware support==
+===Video cards===
-*DOS
+* MDA
-*Windows 1/2
+* Hercules
-*Windows 3/3.11
+* CGA
-*Windows 95
+* PCjr
-*Windows 98
+* Tandy
-*Windows ME
+* EGA
-*Select any IA-32 flavor of NT before Vista, it works.
+* VGA
-*OS/2 up to at least Warp 3
+* OAK OTI-067
-*Any flavor of Linux that supports the original Pentium
+* A couple of Trident cards
-*BeOS
+* Cirrus GD5429
+* Tseng ET4000AX
-==Video Card Support==
+* Tseng ET4000/W32p
-*MDA
+* ATI Mach 64
-*Hercules
+* S3 Trio64
-*CGA
+* S3 ViRGE
-*PCjr
+* 3dfx Voodoo (need another card that does VGA for this, just like the real deal.)
-*Tandy
-*EGA
-*VGA
-*OAK OTI-067
-*A couple of Trident cards
-*Cirrus GD5429
-*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 is also a preliminary branch out there for RIVA TNT support. However, this code cannot be used directly with mainline, as it has a bug causing segfaults when cards attempt to use more than 8 MB of VRAM. Even when it does work, it only works for VESA games, and even then, it's only really been tested with Quake.
-==Sound Card Support==
+===Sound cards===
-*PCjr and Tandy
+* PCjr and Tandy
-*Game Blaster or Creative Music System
+* Game Blaster or Creative Music System
-*Adlib
+* Adlib
-*Adlib Gold
+* Adlib Gold
-*Sound Blaster 1.0 through AWE32
+* Sound Blaster 1.0 through AWE32
-*Gravis Ultrasound
+* Gravis Ultrasound
-*Windows Sound System
+* Windows Sound System
-*Innovation SSI-2001 (essentially a PC version of the SID)
+* Innovation SSI-2001 (essentially a PC version of the SID)
 ==External links==
-[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx76i2jQww0a98iKHi6CYMg/videos Official YouTube Channel]
+[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx76i2jQww0a98iKHi6CYMg/videos Official YouTube channel]
 [[Category:Emulators]]
+[[Category:IBM PC/XT emulators]]
 [[Category:Windows emulation software‏‎]]
 [[Category:Linux emulation software]]