86Box – low level x86 emulator

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.

Minimum system requirements and recommendations:

• Intel Core 2 or AMD Athlon 64 processor or newer
• At least 4 GB of RAM or higher
• Windows version: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later
• macOS version: macOS 10.13 High Sierra or newer
• Linux version: Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9.0 or other distributions from 2016 onwards

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• 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.

Website: github.com/86Box/86Box
Support:
Developer: 86Box
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

86Box is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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