First post, by stu_e_hughes
Hi everyone,
Just trying to find info in the forums around creating a WXP virtual machine for retro gaming. I see there is lots of information to create a basic VM, but i'm wondering what options I have for XP era gaming. As PCem only really allows hardware up to the late 90's and i'm not sure if it's possible to create a WXP build in PCem but I guess it will be underpowered for later XP games. I would need something for late 2000's XP era as well (if possible).
I see there are two main options, VMWare or VirtualBox. But I guess this only provides a very basic specification. Is it possible to add other, more powerful hardware to these VM's? I read that passthrough is possible for GPU's?
I'm wondering how capable a modern host machine is at the moment to replicate WXP era hardware as this is way more demanding than PCem for instance.
Alternatively, is there a mini-PC/SFF bare metal option to install WXP directly on hardware?
Thanks for your help.