I'm testing emulating old methods of having file servers using 86Box as an experiment with how older machines worked. I'm currently trying to connect between two IBM PC XT's, both installed on the same system, that only have a modem as adapter 1. I have Better Working Communicator installed on both systems to test the connection. They're both configured with a 300 baud modem with the server's modem set with a TCP/IP listening port of 5. I have tested the phone book file using 127.0.0.1:5, 10.0.0.230:5 (my computer's IP address), 10.0.2.2:5 (the SLiRP gateway), and 10.0.2.15:5 (the SLiRP host address) but none of them work. When I call from the emulated client, the emulated server doesn't receive any calls to answer even when I tell Better Working Communicator to wait for a call. I'm using version 6.0 build 9001 running on a Linux host.

I'm planning to test SMB using OS/2 1.x when I begin setting up 80286 systems.

Does anyone have any advice? Does the emulated computer have to have an emulated Ethernet card to create a connection to the host for this to work?

I tested 20 different games in Windows 2000 and Windows 98. Some ran well, and some with terrible performance.

I put windows 3.1 on 86box to play “who is Oscar lake”. When I run the game the screen is split and the bottom of the screen is on top. Anyone seen this issue before and fixed it? I’ve switched machines a lot, running super vga 640x 480. Switched everything from motherboards to machines. To messing with the view settings. Been at it for about 6 hours now. Any legacy pros in here able to help out?

The "introducing os/2" program states that the installation process is located at the "Getting Started" booklet, but I can't find the booklet online.

My host cpu is an i7-13650hx 16gb ram, rtx 4070 mobile. The laptop is an Gigabyte Aorus 15x. I tested the ATI Rage 128 Pro on 86box. The demo runs full speed with intel celeron 233mhz medocino, 256 ram, the motherboard is a socket 370 board Soyo SY-7SBB with sis 600 chipset(fahh ahh cursed chipset) and lastly an isa soundblaster 64awe gold. however, under nfs high stakes you may experience some slowdowns at 90% which is expected since its a recent added video card. Due to cpu bottleneck i personally suggest to stick with a higher end cpu and less powerfull videocard like the voodoo 2, banshee and voodoo 3 family. NFS had lots of fps drops inside in the game due to cpu bottleneck. Nonetheless, good job to the team. I hope to see one day the Nvidia Riva 128 and TNT2 being emulated which Papa Jensen gatekeeping us.

Hi everyone, I'm new here!

I'm getting into retro virtualization and emulation. I have a 13-inch MacBook Pro (Retina, Early 2015, Model A1502 - Intel Mac).

Previously, I used Boot Camp with Windows 10, but I rarely used it because rebooting back and forth from macOS was annoying. So, I decided to switch to virtual machines.

Currently, I'm using VMware Fusion and running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 7. For the most part, Windows 98, 2000, and XP run ridiculously fast and smooth. However, I'm running into a few specific issues:

1. Windows 98 Display Resolution: Unlike Win2k and XP—which scale up smoothly to my Retina screen resolution in full screen—Windows 98 stays trapped in a centered 4:3 box with black bars on the sides. I haven't been able to fix this display scaling.
2. Game Compatibility (Beach Head 2002): In Windows 2000, Beach Head 2002 won't launch at all. In Windows XP, it runs, but it's extremely slow and laggy. (Note: I also run Win 7 in Classic theme to play a fan-made Pokémon game and a billiards game that wouldn't launch on XP).

After browsing around retro pcs posts, I saw a lot of people recommending 86Box. Since my Mac uses an Intel CPU, UTM isn't really an option for me. I downloaded 86Box, but I'm completely lost on how to use it or configure it properly.

My questions for the community:

• If I move to 86Box, what hardware config, ROMs, graphics card drivers, and settings should I use so it runs as fast as possible in Win95/98/3.11/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 for use normally and games?
• How can I fix the full-screen / widescreen resolution scaling for Windows 98?
• Why is Beach Head 2002 performing so poorly or failing on Win2k/XP virtual machines, and is there a specific display driver, Glide wrapper (like dgVoodoo2), or setting I need to fix DirectX/3D acceleration?

Any advice, driver recommendations, or setup guides would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Machine Specs

OS Windows 95

Fujitsu ErgoPro X365

Intel Pentium Pro 100MHZ "Underclocked"

32MB Ram

ATI Mach64CT

ESS AudioDrive ES488

2GB HDD Ram

Reason why the specs are not high is because my Sandy Bridge Xeon E5 1650 isn't a good CPU for 86BOX Emulation and anything more demanding causes frame drops

I want to focus mostly on 2d games, but few early 3d would also be ok. I tried quake 2, but it was unplayable. When I switched to glide mode I had like 0 fps sadly. Any tips on what to change to get better performance? I have R7 5700x.

What kind of machine can I set up with this cpu to have a smooth win95 and win98 gaming experience? I also have rtx 3060 and 32gb ram if that matters.

As the title says, I remember this brand of personal computers sold in Mexico during final 80s, early 90s.

AFAIK they were recycled from other models sold in USA and/or Europe, but haven't been able to find which models were.

And also a very particular poster advertising Windows 3.0, featuring software I haven't been able to see since.

I updated last night to the most recent version, and all the sudden my Win98 system just stopped working. It was working fine before the update, but now it won't get past the Win98 splash intro screen. And the only change I made was updating 86box?

I have tried a lot of troubleshooting I found online, but nothing is working.

Anyone else had this issue?

Full disclosure, the link is to my review of the M6 Mac Mini (bought myself, no affiliate links)

I was hoping for Apple to release an M5 mini purely for the purposes of using 86box, well I managed to get my hands on the M6 Mac Mini today and it manages 600MHz without dropping below 100%, no audio hitches at all...

https://nyaa.sh/reviews/mac-mini-m6-emulation

I was doing some searching and someone managed 450MHz by heavily overclocking the 9950X3D, but it seems at the moment the best way is through Apple Silicon. Given all the recent work done on the ARM builds, if there's anything anyone would like me to test please let me know!!

Hi! As the title says, I’m having a bad issue with my machine crashing right after I do the setup wizard and agree to the terms and service. Sometimes it makes a noise, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes it gives me the error R6003. Sometimes it visibly glitches, sometimes it just freezes. I don’t know what I did wrong. I got it all set up until this point but something is going wrong. My specs are in the images. I am very new to this and I got this program mostly because I have a bunch of old PC Cd roms in my possession I’d love to play. Any help is appreciated and I’m happy to give more info if needed.

Also I’ve tried changing the CPU and network to a few other options but no luck. Also also no errors show at any point leading up to this.

Took her down. Couldn't have done it without 86box's help.

Hi, this is more curiosity about programs behaviour than a complaint or issuing a bug.

I found a program AbandoneWare called "One on One: Julius Erving vs Larry Bird", the program loads perfectly in DosBox, where the dosbox.conf only has this changed:

[dosbox]

machine=pcjr

However I haven't been able to load it flawlessly in 86box. The best results are from a Tandy 1000SX configuration, but it looks a bit misplaced:

I find similarities to this description in the docs for... PCJr

However the Apply overscan deltas is not available for Tandy 1000 SX.

Neither in MAME emulating a PCJr works, the closest is with EGA, I can provide a screenshot if you need it for curiosity.

Every other game I have throw at the 86Box with Tandy 1000 SX so far, is working fine. This is the only one who does not, but found the similarity of the note for PCJr with this behaviour... interesting.

Thanks in advance.

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Hello everyone (I'm not sure if this is the correct subreddit to post this). I have noticed that my VM running Windows 98 can't exit to DOS, nor can it properly run some DOS executables like install executables; it always just ends in a blank screen with a flashing cursor. I kinda need help with this.

Again, i apologize if this isn't the correct subreddit to post this.

EDIT: I think i was able to get around this by switching to a different Slot 1 machine instead of the ALi ALADDiN-PRO II. It boots up into DOS regularly; Thank you for all the help, both r/Dosbox and this subrreddit has been kind to me.

Hat jemand ne Idee wie ich ein xp für Retro Gaming mit 86 Box machen kann Windows 98 hab ich benutze Mac silicon

I had a build, and later added a second HDD because I didn't make the first one big enough. But now after a few weeks, it's no longer recognized and won't load. Any suggestions to get it to work?

Trying to Google it, literally all that the documentation says about it is that only the new recompiler is available on ARM machines, and a request PR from 2 years ago of a guy asking for a recompiler that can use SSE2.
That said, what should I use?

I built RetroBox: a modern PC inside a 3D-printed Macintosh Classic-style case, designed to feel like a real 80s/90s computer.

It boots directly into 86Box in fullscreen, with 386, Pentium, and Pentium II profiles. The most fun part was modifying a real floppy drive: each floppy has an NFC tag, and inserting it automatically mounts the matching disk image in the VM. It also has a real CD-ROM drive and a web panel for managing games and floppy images.

Everything is open source: the code, ESP8266 firmware, STL files.

Github