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diff --git a/system/86box/README b/system/86box/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1dd2c54f7e --- /dev/null +++ b/system/86box/README @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +86box (PC 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. + +Features: + +- 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. + +The package includes the ROM images required for emulation. + +Full documentation is available at: +https://86box.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html + +Optional dependency: rtmidi (autodetected). If rtmidi is installed +at build time, 86box will be buit with support for it. If you have +rtmidi installed but want to build without it, export RTMIDI=no in the +environment. |