IBM5150, a (potentially) better DOSBox, but with other things than games. \ VOGONS

IBM5150, a (potentially) better DOSBox, but with other things than games.

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First post, by Alegend45

Posted on 2013-07-01, 20:05

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Hi. I've been working for about 6 months now on a new PC emulator. This new PC emulator does not use plugins, however, it is designed to be able to handle nearly any device or bus in the future. So far, I have a VERY slightly buggy 8086 emulation with 16 new reverse-engineered opcodes in place (Thanks reenigne!), MDA and CGA emulation, incomplete DMA, PIT, PIC, and PPI emulation, and, most importantly, no interrupt hooks. You have to supply it a BIOS, and an MDA character ROM, and there is a couple included config files for you. Remember, this doesn't quite boot the BIOS just yet. I'm still trying to get it to that point, and I'm making good progress.

Here's the source code

Reply 1 of 5, by WolverineDK

Posted on 2013-07-01, 21:55

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What language is it written in ? Not that I am a programmer, no I am just being curious 😀

Reply 2 of 5, by Alegend45

Posted on 2013-07-01, 22:17

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It's written in C++11, although you shouldn't need a newer compiler to compile it. It doesn't use too many C++11-exclusive features.

Reply 3 of 5, by Alegend45

Posted on 2013-07-09, 21:41

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Welp, the version 1 beta's been out for a while. I wonder why not too many people have grabbed it yet.

Reply 4 of 5, by VileR

Posted on 2013-07-10, 02:58

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I'm sure you will have more takers once the thing can boot, and binaries are available. Don't take my comment the wrong way - when it comes to 5150/8088 emulation, the more the merrier, as far as I'm concerned. It's just that at this stage most people are going to find its usefulness to be limited.

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Reply 5 of 5, by Anonymous Freak

Posted on 2013-07-10, 14:58

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I second Vile's comment. I'm not a programmer, so the source code for something that doesn't reach a "minimally usefully functional" state doesn't do anything for me. I have no problem compiling my programs, but I won't be of any use debugging them.

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