List of emulated hardware on 86Box

From SoftHistory

This is a list containing all hardware (machines, video, sound cards, optical drives etc.) emulated on 86Box, along with features and additional information listed.

Machines

Machine Type Name Chipset Supported CPU Types Maximum Memory Expansion slots BIOS Type Integrated components Other information and note(s)
8088 IBM PC (1981) Discrete Logic (8088) Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16, 8, 10, 12, 16 MHz

NEC V20:

4.77, 7.16, 10, 12, 16 MHz

64 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

ISA (8-bit only) IBM PC BIOS Earlier board revision.
IBM PC (1982) 256 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

Later board revision.
IBM PCjr Intel 8088:

4.77 MHz

NEC V20:

4.77 MHz

640 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

IBM PCjr BIOS
IBM XT (1982) Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16, 8, 10, 12, 16 MHz

NEC V20:

4.77, 7.16, 10, 12, 16 MHz

256 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

IBM PC BIOS
IBM XT (1986) 640 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

American XT Computer American XT BIOS V.1.32 (probably based on Generic Turbo XT BIOS) BIOS is most likely based on the Generic XT clone's
AMI XT clone AMI 8088-BIOS (C) 1986 (AMIBIOS 2.2x?)
Bondwell BW230 Unknown proprietary BIOS
Columbia Data Products MPC-1600 512 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

May not start with most video cards. CGA, MDA and Hercules cards work without issue.
Compaq Portable 640 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

Compaq BIOS (based on IBM PC BIOS)
DTK PIM-TB10-Z DTK/ERSO BIOS 2.42
Eagle PC Spirit Unknown proprietary BIOS
Generic XT clone Generic Turbo XT BIOS 1987 The BIOS is a generic XT BIOS reverse engineered by the Taiwanese programmer Ya`akov Miles in 1987
GLaBIOS GLaBIOS Ver: 0.2.6-8X 01/23/24 Based on the open-source GLaBIOS:

https://glabios.org/

Hyosung Topstar 88T AwardBIOS 3.0
Hyundai SUPER-16T Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16, 8 MHz

NEC V20:

4.77, 7.16 MHz

Falcon BIOS 1.12Ta
Hyundai SUPER-16TE Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16, 8, 10 MHz

NEC V20:

4.77, 7.16, 10 MHz

Patterson Labs BIOS 2.00Id
Juko ST Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16, 8, 10, 12, 16 MHz

NEC V20:

4.77, 7.16, 10, 12, 16 MHz

Juko ST BIOS 2.30
Kaypro PC Phoenix ROM BIOS 2.03K
Micoms XL-7 Turbo BIOS for XL Series Desktop Computers Version 4.1 BIOS is most likely based on the Generic XT clone's
Multitech PC-500 Unknown proprietary BIOS (Version 4.04)
Multitech PC-700 Unknown proprietary BIOS (Version 3.1)
NCR PC4i NCR BIOS
Olivetti M19 Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16 MHz

NEC V20:

4.77, 7.16 MHz

Olivetti Resident Diagnostics Rev. 3.62 Only the integrated video chip can be used.
OpenXT Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16, 8, 10, 12, 16 MHz

NEC V20:

4.77, 7.16, 10, 12, 16 MHz

Turbo XT BIOS v3.1 - 10/28/2017 The BIOS is open-source, based on the Generic XT clone's:

https://github.com/virtualxt/pcxtbios

Packard Bell PB8810 Phoenix ROM BIOS 2.51A
Philips P3105/NMS9100 768 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

Philips ROM BIOS 1.2
Phoenix XT clone 640 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

Phoenix ROM BIOS 2.27 Supposedly manufactured by YANGTECH Inc., based on the BIOS sign-on message. Model unknown.
Pravetz 16 / IMKO-4 Unknown proprietary BIOS Bulgarian PC clone, more information here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravetz_(computer)

Sanyo SX-16 Unknown proprietary BIOS (Version 1.04)
Schneider EuroPC Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16, 9.54 MHz

Unknown proprietary BIOS
SuperPC / TurboXT Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16, 8, 10, 12, 16 MHz

NEC V20:

4.77, 7.16, 10, 12, 16 MHz

Turbo XT BIOS v3.1 - 10/28/2017 Very similar to the OpenXT.
Tandy 1000 Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16, 9.54 MHz

PhoenixBIOS 01.02.00 Only the integrated video chip can be used.
Tandy 1000 HX PhoenixBIOS 02.00.00 Updated version of the original Tandy 1000 with Personal DeskMate embedded into the BIOS ROM.
Toshiba T1000 Intel 8088:

4.77, 7.16, 8, 10, 12, 16 MHz

NEC V20:

4.77, 7.16, 10, 12, 16 MHz

1.2 MB (1280 KB) Toshiba BIOS V4.10 Laptop computer. The BIOS is based on AwardBIOS, although with serious changes.
Vendex HeadStart Turbo 888-XT 768 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

PhoenixBIOS 2.03C
Xi8088 1 MB Xi 8088 BIOS Version 0.9.9 8088 processor board for IBM PC/XT compatibles:

https://github.com/skiselev/xi_8088 May take a very long time to start without a PS/2 mouse.

Z-NIX PC-1600 640 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

Unknown proprietary BIOS May not start with most video cards. CGA, MDA and Hercules cards work without issue.
Zenith Data Systems Z-151/152/161
Zenith Data Systems Z-159
Zenith Data Systems SupersPort (Z-184) Only the integrated video chip can be used.
Philips P3120 G-2/LSI Logic GC101A 768 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

Philips ROM BIOS 3.13
PC-XT Discrete Logic (NEC V20) NEC V20:

4.77, 7.16, 10, 12, 16 MHz

640 KB (without an expansion card)

1 MB (with an expansion card)

V20-BIOS Version 3.72 c't LONG STATE LS-1720 motherboard:

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=947454#p947454

8086 Amstrad PC1512 Discrete Logic (8086) Intel 8086:

8 MHz

NEC V30:

8 MHz

640 KB ISA (8-bit only) Amstrad BIOS V1 Only the integrated video chip can be used.
Amstrad PC1640 Intel 8086:

7.16, 8, 9.54, 10 MHz

NEC V30:

5, 8, 10 MHz

Amstrad BIOS V3.1 May not start with some video cards. Integrated video works without issue. Minimum memory size is 640 KB and it cannot be upgraded.
Amstrad PC2086 Amstrad BIOS V1.4 May take a long time to start. Only the integrated video chip can be used. Minimum memory size is 640 KB and it cannot be upgraded.
Amstrad PC3086 Amstrad BIOS V1.2
Amstrad PC20(0) Amstrad BIOS V1.5 Also known as Sinclair PC200
Amstrad PPC512/640 Amstrad BIOS V2.1 Also known as Amstrad Portable PC 512/640k
Compaq Deskpro Intel 8086:

7.16, 8, 9.54, 10, 12, 16 MHz

NEC V30:

5, 8, 10, 12, 16 MHz

Compaq BIOS (based on IBM PC BIOS)
Epson Equity LT Unknown proprietary BIOS Minimum memory size is 640 KB and it cannot be upgraded.
Olivetti M21/24/24SP Intel 8086:

7.16, 8, 9.54, 10, 12 MHz

NEC V30:

5, 8, 10, 12 MHz

Olivetti Resident Diagnostics Rev. 1.44
Olivetti M240 Intel 8086:

7.16, 8, 9.54, 10, 12, 16 MHz

NEC V30:

5, 8, 10, 12, 16 MHz

Olivetti Resident Diagnostics Rev. 2.11
Schetmash Iskra-3104 Unknown proprietary BIOS Russian PC/XT clone. Use the "Iskra EGA (Cyrillic ROM)" video card for the characters to be properly displayed.
Tandy 1000/SL2 768 KB PhoenixBIOS 01.04.04 Only the integrated video chip can be used.
Toshiba T1200 2 MB Toshiba BIOS V4.00 Laptop computer. The BIOS is based on AwardBIOS, although with serious changes.
Victor V86P 1 MB AwardBIOS S3.1 Laptop computer.
80286 IBM AT Discrete Logic (80286) Intel 80286:

6, 8 MHz

15.8 MB (15872 KB) ISA (8/16-bit) IBM AT BIOS The IBM Personal Computer Diagnostics disks are not Y2K-compliant and will produce a 0152 ERROR - SYSTEM BOARD code if time synchronization is enabled. This code can be cleared by disabling time synchronization, then clearing the CMOS by deleting ibmat.nvr from the machine’s nvr directory while the emulator is not running.
IBM PS/1 model 2011 Intel 80286:

10 MHz

15.3 MB (15360 KB)
IBM PS/2 model 30-286 Intel 80286:

10, 12, 16, 20, 25 MHz

IBM 486SLC:

33 MHz

IBM 486SLC2:

40, 50, 66 MHz

IBM 486SLC3:

60, 75, 100 MHz

16 MB
IBM XT Model 286 Intel 80286:

6 MHz

15.8 MB (15872 KB)
AMI IBM AT Intel 80286:

6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25 MHz

15.8 MB (15872 KB) AMI Plus BIOS Machine with a generic AMIBIOS ROM for the IBM AT.
Commodore PC 30 III Intel 80286:

6, 8, 10, 12 MHz

14.9 MB (14912 KB) Commodore 286 BIOS Rev. 2.01
Compaq Portable II Intel 80286:

6, 8, 10, 12, 16 MHz

16 MB Compaq BIOS (based on IBM PC BIOS)
Compaq Portable III
MR BIOS 286 clone Intel 80286:

6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25 MHz

MR BIOS V1.65
NCR PC8/810/710/3390/3392 NCR BIOS
Phoenix IBM AT 15.8 MB (15872 KB) PhoenixBIOS A286 1.01 Machine with a PhoenixBIOS ROM for the IBM AT., made by Micro Firmware, Inc.
Quadtel IBM AT Quadtel BIOS 3.05.01 Machine with a generic Quadtel BIOS ROM for the IBM AT.
Siemens PCD-2L Intel 80286:

6, 8, 10, 12 MHz

Tandon BIOS 5.215.2G (5.21) The machine does not have any shortcut or other way of entering the BIOS setup after it is configured once. To enter BIOS setup at a later time, you need to either make an appropriate configuration change (such as decreasing or increasing the memory, which the BIOS will detect), or clear the CMOS by deleting siemens.nvr from the nvr directory while the emulator is not running.
Toshiba T3100e Intel 80286:

6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25 MHz

5.1 MB (5120 KB) Toshiba BIOS V1.70 Laptop computer. Only the integrated video chip can be used. The BIOS is based on AwardBIOS, although with serious changes.
Quadtel 286 clone Headland GC103 16 MB Quadtel BIOS 3.04.02
TriGem 286M 8 MB AMI Plus BIOS
DataExpert 286 Chips & Technologies NEAT
Hyundai Super-286C 1 MB AwardBIOS 3.02j
NCR 3302 16 MB NCR BIOS
Arche AMA-2010 Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS 3.10
GW-286CT GEAR Chips & Technologies SCAT Chips & Technologies BIOS 1.5.0
Goldstar GDC-212M 4 MB GoldStar ROM BIOS 1.15b
Hyundai Solomon 286KP 8 MB AwardBIOS B3.11.03
Hyundai Super-286TR AwardBIOS R3.11.00
Samsung SPC-4200P 2 MB Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS 3.10
Samsung SPC-4216P 5 MB
Samsung SPC-4620P
Samsung Deskmaster 286 8 MB
Senor Science Co. SCAT-286-003 4 MB AMI Plus BIOS
IBM PS/2 model 50 Discrete Logic (80286) Intel 80286:

10, 12, 16, 20, 25 MHz

IBM 486SLC:

33 MHz

IBM 486SLC2:

40, 50, 66 MHz

IBM 486SLC3:

60, 75, 100 MHz

10 MB MCA IBM AT BIOS
IBM PS/2 model 60
i386SX IBM PS/1 model 2121 Discrete Logic (i386SX) Intel i386SX:

16, 20, 25, 33, 40 MHz

AMD Am386SX:

16, 20, 25, 33, 40 MHz

Cyrix Cx486SLC:

20, 25, 33 MHz

Cyrix Cx486SRx2:

32, 40, 50 MHz

6 MB ISA (8/16-bit) IBM AT BIOS
NCR PC916SX 16 MB NCR BIOS
QTC-SXM KT X20T02/HI Quadtel BIOS 3.05.07
Acrosser AR-B1374 ALi M1217 32 MB AMIBIOS 6 (071595) Single Board Computer
AAEON SBC-350A 16 MB AMI Hi-Flex BIOS (080893) Single Board Computer. BIOS supports LBA (Logical Block Addressing) despite being based on an old core.
Flytech A36 AwardBIOS v4.51G
Chaintech 325AX AMI Hi-Flex BIOS (070791)
Chaintech 325AX (MR BIOS) MR BIOS V1.41 Variant of Chaintech 325AX with an MR BIOS upgrade, otherwise identical.
Acrosser PJ-A511M ALi M6117 ALi M6117:

33 MHz

32 MB AwardBIOS v4.51PG The chipset is an SoC (System-on-a-Chip) also integrating the processor. Has a 2006 compile Award EliteBIOS.
Protech ProX-1332 ALi M6117:

33, 40 MHz

The chipset is an SoC (System-on-a-Chip) also integrating the processor.
Arche AMA-932J Headland HT18 Intel i386SX:

16, 20, 25, 33, 40 MHz

AMD Am386SX:

16, 20, 25, 33, 40 MHz

Cyrix Cx486SLC:

20, 25, 33 MHz

Cyrix Cx486SRx2:

32, 40, 50 MHz

8 MB AMI Hi-Flex BIOS (070791)
ADI 386SX Intel 82335 Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS 1.10 Likely manufactured by ADI Corporation (Advanced Data International) in Taiwan, model name unknown.
Shuttle 386SX AMI Plus BIOS (073089)
Commodore SL386SX-16 Chips & Technologies NEAT Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS (unknown version)
DTK PM-1630C DTK ROM BIOS 4.26
DTK PPM-3333P OPTi 291 16 MB AwardBIOS v4.20
Commodore SL386SX-25 VLSI SCAMP (VL82C311) 8 MB
DataExpert 386SX 16 MB AMI Hi-Flex BIOS (050591)
Samsung SPC-6033P 12 MB PhoenixBIOS A386 1.01
Kaimei KMX-C-02 Chips & Technologies SCAT 16 MB AMI Hi-Flex BIOS (050591)
Amstrad MegaPC Western Digital WD76C10 16 MB Quadtel BIOS 3.06.06c
IBM PS/2 model 55SX Discrete Logic (i386SX) 8 MB MCA IBM AT BIOS
IBM PS/2 model 65SX
486SLC RYC Leopard LX OPTi 283 IBM 486SLC:

33 MHz

IBM 486SLC2:

40, 50, 66 MHz

IBM 486SLC3: 60, 75, 100 MHz

16 MB ISA (8/16-bit) AMI Hi-Flex BIOS (060692) Also known as the Alaris LEOPARD LX 486SLC2 or the IBM OPAL LX.

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Name Chipset Supported CPUs on 86Box Maximum RAM size Expansion slots BIOS Integrated components (if available) Note(s)
PC Chips M729 ALi ALADDiN PRO-II Pentium Pro: 100 - 200 MHz (with emulated slotket)

Pentium II OverDrive: 66 - 333 MHz

Pentium II (Klamath): 100 - 300 MHz

Pentium II (Deschutes): 100 - 450 MHz

Celeron (Covington): 100 - 300 MHz

Celeron (Mendocino): 66 - 533 MHz

VIA Cyrix II: 66 - 700 MHz (with emulated slotket)

384 MB AGP, PCI, 16-bit ISA AMIBIOS 6 Normally has a C-Media CMI8330 codec onboard but it's currently not emulated
ASUS P/I-P65UP5 (C-PKND) Intel i440FX Pentium Pro: 90 - 200 MHz (with emulated slotket)

Pentium II OverDrive: 66 - 333 MHz

Pentium II (Klamath): 100 - 300 MHz

Pentium II (Deschutes): 100 - 333 MHz

Celeron (Covington): 100 - 300 MHz

Celeron (Mendocino): 66 - 533 MHz

VIA Cyrix II: 66 - 533 MHz (with emulated slotket)

512 MB PCI, 16-bit ISA AwardBIOS v4.51PG Slot 1 CPU card for the P/I-P65UP5 baseboard, which can also take Socket 7 and 8 CPUs with other cards, labelled "C-PKND".

Has two CPU slots, however 86Box does not support multiprocessor configurations at the moment.

Also, as I/O APIC is not emulated yet, MultiProcessor Specification tables are patched out of RAM on each boot to prevent erratic behavior on emulated operating systems.

ASUS KN97 384 MB
ABIT LX6 Intel i440LX 1 GB AGP, PCI, 16-bit ISA
Micronics Spitfire Pentium Pro: 100 - 200 MHz (with emulated slotket)

Pentium II OverDrive: 66 - 333 MHz

Pentium II (Klamath): 100 - 300 MHz

Pentium II (Deschutes): 100 - 333 MHz

Celeron (Covington): 100 - 300 MHz

Celeron (Mendocino): 66 - 533 MHz

VIA Cyrix II: 66 - 533 MHz (with emulated slotket)

PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 Has two CPU slots, however 86Box does not support multiprocessor configurations at the moment.
NEC Mate NX MA30D/23D 384 MB PCI, 16-bit ISA Normally has NVIDIA RIVA 128 graphics onboard but it's currently not emulated.

The machine's BIOS is in Japanese by default. To enter the BIOS setup utility, the F2 key should be pressed first. Then, when Japanese text with F9 and ESC key prompts appear at the bottom, the right arrow key should be pressed. The BIOS language can then be set to English by changing the third option in the main menu of the setup utility to "English (US)" and saving changes in the exit menu.

QDI EXCELLENT II Intel i440EX Pentium Pro: 200 MHz (with emulated slotket)

Pentium II OverDrive: 66 - 333 MHz

Pentium II (Klamath): 200 - 300 MHz

Pentium II (Deschutes): 200 - 333 MHz

Celeron (Covington): 200 - 300 MHz

Celeron (Mendocino): 66 - 533 MHz

VIA Cyrix II: 66 - 533 MHz (with emulated slotket)

512 MB AGP, PCI, 16-bit ISA AwardBIOS v4.51PG
ASUS P2B-LS Intel i440BX Pentium Pro: 90 - 200 MHz (with emulated slotket)

Pentium II OverDrive: 66 - 333 MHz

Pentium II (Klamath): 100 - 300 MHz

Pentium II (Deschutes): 100 - 450 MHz

Celeron (Covington): 100 - 300 MHz

Celeron (Mendocino): 66 - 533 MHz

VIA Cyrix II: 66 - 700 MHz (with emulated slotket)

1 GB
ASUS P3B-F Pentium Pro: 100 - 200 MHz (with emulated slotket)

Pentium II OverDrive: 66 - 333 MHz

Pentium II (Klamath): 100 - 300 MHz

Pentium II (Deschutes): 100 - 450 MHz

Celeron (Covington): 100 - 300 MHz

Celeron (Mendocino): 66 - 533 MHz

VIA Cyrix II: 66 - 733 MHz (with emulated slotket)

Award Medallion BIOS v6.0
ABIT BF6 768 MB AwardBIOS v6.00PG
AOpen AX6BC Pentium Pro: 100 - 200 MHz (with emulated slotket)

Pentium II OverDrive: 66 - 333 MHz

Pentium II (Klamath): 100 - 300 MHz

Pentium II (Deschutes): 100 - 450 MHz

Celeron (Covington): 100 - 300 MHz

Celeron (Mendocino): 66 - 533 MHz

VIA Cyrix II: 66 - 700 MHz (with emulated slotket)

AwardBIOS v4.60PGMA
Gigabyte GA-686BX 1 GB AwardBIOS v4.51PG
HP Vectra VEi 8 512 MB PCI, 16-bit ISA AwardBIOS v6.00PG Normally has Matrox G200A graphics onboard but it's currently not emulated.

The machine's BIOS has an 8.4 GB hard drive limit and may hang during POST if a larger drive is installed.

LG IBM Multinet i x7G (MSI MS-6119) 768 MB AGP, PCI, 16-bit ISA AwardBIOS v4.51PG
Tyan Tsunami ATX AMIBIOS 6
Supermicro P6SBA
MSI MS-6168 Intel i440ZX 512 MB PCI, 16-bit ISA AwardBIOS v4.51PG 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 (8 MB) The BIOS ROM that ships with the 86Box ROMset is likely from a Legend (also known as Lenovo) OEM motherboard as there is an option to enable the full screen POST logo in the "BIOS FEATURE SETUP" menu of the setup utility, which is disabled by default. When this option is enabled, the Legend logo is shown instead of classic POST messages during startup.
Packard Bell Bora Pro AMIBIOS 6 Packard Bell OEM version of the MSI MS-6168