Screenshot of MS-DOS Shell showing the contents of a 1.44 MB Floppy Disk whoose content has been altered through the use of a hex editor prior to the screenshot.

Find the errors hidden in the image...

(Result of hex editing a floppy disk file)

#86Box #MS-DOS

Emulating an old version of DOS and "The Secret of Monkey Island" on the brand new MacBook Neo.

Playing SimCity 2000 on the MacBook Neo through an 86Box virtual machine.

Emulating and gaming on the new MacBook Neo!

#RetroGaming #MacBook #MacBookNeo #Neo #Apple #MacOS #86Box #Emulation #Gaming #Retro #90s #Scumm #Emulation

Diese armen Hunde... einfach vergiftet! - Szene aus dem Spiel "The Secret auf Monkey Island"

Die meuternde Crew! - Szene aus dem Spiel "The Secret auf Monkey Island"

Aussicht auf den Jungle - Szene aus dem Spiel "The Secret auf Monkey Island"

Der große Affenkopf - Szene aus dem Spiel "The Secret auf Monkey Island"

Hab heute Nacht mal wieder n bisschen in Monkey Island weitergespielt. So gern ich die 16-Farben EGA Fassung mag, aber die 256 Farben der VGA Version sind ebenfalls einfach wunderschöne Pixellkunst! 😍

#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #LucasArts #MonkeyIsland #Retro #Gaming #90er #90s #VGA #Emulation #86Box

I got #86box running great on Raspberry Pi 5 with Windows 98 in 1080p playing Quake 3 with a 3dfx Voodoo 3 1000 card on a Gateway 2000 BIOS! #RaspberryPi #Pi5 #Emulator #Emulation

Anyone got a #RaspberryPi5 and want to try my new version of #86box I ported to it? It's an x86 emulator, and it is on GitHub and Google Drive. Reply to this if you want to try it. I don't have a pi5 yet, but it seems to load on #QEMU, but I need to get a real Pi to test further.

86Box 5.3 released!🎮🕹
👉 EmuNations.com/updates/86Box 👈

#emulator #emulation #emulators #gaming #retrogame #retrogames #retrogamer #retrogamers #retrogaming #86Box

An abstract painting in KidPix Deluxe 3 Studio

An abstract painting in KidPix Deluxe 3 Studio in Windows 95 in 86Box emulating a Dell Optiplex computer
#86box #windows95 #abstract #abstractart #abstractpainting #Kidpixdeluxe3 #kidpix

A Japanese geisha woman painting in KidPix Deluxe 3 Studio

A painting of a Japanese geisha/geiko/geigi woman in KidPix Deluxe 3 Studio in Windows 95 in 86Box emulating a Dell Optiplex computer
#86box #geisha #geiko #geigi #Japan #Japanese #Kidpixdeluxe3 #kidpix #windows95

Want to use or develop #FujiNet applications for #msdos, but don't have an RS232 FujiNet? You can attach #fujinet-pc to #86Box!
A Wiki article describing how to set that up, is here: github.com/FujiNetWIFI/...

#retrocomputing

Having some fun with #86box on #MocaccinoOS #Linux with some old #Twilight CD's. I think this was a thing in the 90's in the #Netherlands.

You can actually grab all these images on the internet archive.

archive.org/search?query...

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Wer eine alte Software, die ein altes Betriebssystem benötigt, weiterbetreiben möchte wird zunächst einmal eine virtuelle Maschine in einem Hypervisor in Betracht ziehen. Was aber tun, wenn das benötigte Betriebssystem bereits viele Jahre nicht mehr am Markt ist?!

Einrichtung von PC #Emulation […]

86Box 5.2 released!🎮🕹
👉 EmuNations.com/updates/86Box 👈

#emulator #emulation #emulators #gaming #retrogame #retrogames #retrogamer #retrogamers #retrogaming #86Box

Original post on kind.social

I noticed that VFIO support was added to #86Box a few weeks ago, although it looks like it's only preliminary at this point. If that gets fleshed out it will be a HUGE step towards making 86Box a "grown-up" VM host, rather than just a game emulator.

Congrats to the devs in any case! :System7 […]

Silvio Santos virou o Chaves | #retrogames #showdomilhão #windows98 #86box #2000snostalgia #anos2000 #nostalgia #BSOD #bluescreenofdeath #humor😂

Nem o Windows 98 aceitou essa... | #retrogames #showdomilhão #windows98 #86box #2000snostalgia #anos2000 #nostalgia #BSOD #bluescreenofdeath #humor😂

If you want Chicago (windows 95 beta) to work in 86box use the 86box CD-Rom 1.00 instead of 86box CD-Rom 3.50

#86box #emulator #retrocomputing

Box of bugs (emulated) On August 24, 2025, 86Box 5.0 was released. The low-level emulator for IBM PCs and compatibles has received a new dynamic processor instruction recompiler, broader hardware support, and significant...

86Box 5.0 attracts users' attention with enhanced hardware support and a new dynamic processor recompiler. And PVS-Studio was attracted too, but with errors that were neatly packed into this tiny box.

@86box.net

pvs-studio.com/en/blog/post...

#86box #cpp #programming #staticanalyzer

Oh hi,

LIVE - Playing Star Trek 25th Anniversary.

twitch.tv/briandunaway or youtube.com/thebrianduna...

#retro #retrogaming #86box #classic #gaming #stream #interplay #startrek #gog

In 86Box... A VIA Apollo Pro 133 Motherboard with a 66mHz Pentium II Overdrive and 256MB of RAM. Also with Voodoo3 video and a Sound Blaster AWE64.

Verdict: Stick with DOSBox if you wanna do games.

With 86Box, this i5-7200 laptop struggles _hard_ to emulate an old 66Mhz Pentium II CPU at 100% speed. (Granted, this may be because I'm trying to plop a virtual Voodoo3 into it, too).

It is fun to play […]

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Install screens for Windows XP and Windows 98, running in 86Box on Kubuntu.

Current shenanigans: Installing Windows 98 and Windows XP in 86Box to see how well it plays old games...

And I'm working, too.. I promise.

#RetroComputing #RetroGaming #86Box

86Box 5.1 released!🎮🕹
👉 EmuNations.com/updates/86Box 👈

#emulator #emulation #emulators #gaming #retrogame #retrogames #retrogamer #retrogamers #retrogaming #86Box

86Box v5.0 Release for August 2025, now previewing an integrated manager.

古いPCをエミュレートする86Boxがv5.0になって大進化してた。PC-98が入るのはわかるけど、リアルタイムに生きていた人でも知ってる人は少ないIBM AXやPS/55も追加ってマニアックすぎる。あとGUIフロントエンドも付いたそうです #86Box

86Box | Blog: 86Box v5.0: https://86box.net/2025/08/24/86box-v5-0.html

86Box 5.0 released!🎮🕹
👉 EmuNations.com/updates/86Box 👈

#emulator #emulation #emulators #gaming #retrogame #retrogames #retrogamer #retrogamers #retrogaming #86Box

Retro x86-based machine emulator 86Box v5.0 brings a new integrated machine manager 86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software, with a big new release out to make managing multiple systems easier.

Retro x86-based machine emulator 86Box v5.0 brings a new integrated machine manager
#86Box #OpenSource #Retro #Emulation

Original post on kind.social

Another random #QEMU tip:

#Windows2000 works pretty well under modern versions of QEMU, though not quite as well as WinXP. Try this:

* Video: vmvga or vmware-svga
* Audio: ac97
* Net: rtl8139

Install the video driver from an old VMWare Guest Utilities CD. One from the 3.x or 4.x series should […]

Ubuntu Linux running various legacy windows operating systems

For no good reason I have installed Windows 1 - Windows 2000 on my Linux Laptop. I forgot Windows NT 4.

#linux #86box #windows

#LucasArts #Emulation #Win98 #Win95 #DOSBox #MS-DOS #Lucasfilm #Games #DOS #Adventures #StarWars #Retro #RetroGaming #CRT #Shaders #RolandMT32 #RolandSC-55 #86box #PCem

Notes on using 86Box for server virtualization Most people use 86Box to emulate vintage gaming PCs, but it's good for servers too!

I wrote some notes on using #86Box for #RetroComputing server virtualization. It includes info on using VDE for bridged networking and some tips for time sync and running headless. Maybe worth a read? :System7:

https://lucifer.n8fq.org/86box

#RetroWeb

Screenshot of 86Box running an OpenBSD 3.0 virtual machine. top is running on the system console, showing things like Apache and OpenSSH taking most of the available CPU time. The emulated machine has about 512 MB each of RAM and swap space.

It still feels funny using #86Box for 'grown-up' VM tasks like server virtualization, but sometimes it really is the right tool for the job.

#RetroComputing #HomeLab