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Emulation on Linux
Emulation
is the process of simulating the hardware of one computer on
another computer, this means that you can run software designed
for a different platform than the one you are using. This could
mean running apple mac software or arcade machine ROMs on your
Linux machine, the options are numerous.
Linux
is well supported by a number of different emulators, just a
few of which are listed here. Note that a few of these are not
true emulators but are virtual machines (eg VMware) or they
translate API calls (eg WINE) but the end results are similar.
- DOSEMU
(DOS Emulator) - BIOS emulator that runs any DOS
- WABI
(Windows Application Binary Interface) - Runs Windows
3.1 under Linux, requires Windows 3.1x (Proprietory)
- Wine
(Wine Is Not an Emulator) - Runs Windows 3.1/9X/NT applications
by translating API calls, therefore, strictly speaking not
an emulator.
- Bochs
(x86 PC emulator) - Runs most x86 Operating Systems
- VMware
(x86 Virtual Machine) - Runs most x86 Operating Systems
- Win4Lin
(Windows 9X Emulator) - Runs Windows 9X
- Plex86
(x86 Virtual Machine) - Runs most x86 Operating Systems
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Basilisk
II (68k Mac Emulator) - Emulates either a Mac Classic
(which runs MacOS 0.x thru 7.5) or a Mac II series machine
(which runs MacOS 7.x, 8.0 and 8.1)
- vMac
(Mac Emulator) - Emulates a Motorola 68000 based Apple
Macintosh Plus (upto System 7.5.5)
- XCoPilot
- Palm Pilot Emulator
- UAE
(Amiga Emulator) - Emulates
Commodore Amiga 500/1000/2000
- VICE
(Commodore Emulator) - Emulates the C64, C128, VIC20,
PET, CBM-II
- Bob
Supnik's PDP Emulator - Emulates
pdp 1,4,7,8,9,11,15's and novas, the pdp11 program can run
unix version 5,6,7
- X-Mame
(Arcade Emulator) - Emulates classic arcade video games
from the '70s and '80s.
- M.E.S.S.
- Multi Emulator Super System, emulates lots of 8 and 16 bit
machines
- iNES
(Nintendo Emulator) - Emulates the NES console
- Snes9X
(SNES Emulator) - Emulates the Super Nintendo Entertainment
System (SNES)
- DGen/SDL
- Sega Megadrive/Genesis Emulator
- XZX
(ZX Spectrum Emulator) - Emulates
Sincair Spectrum 48K, 128K, +2 and +3, Interface 1 with up
to 8 microdrives, Multiface 128 , Multiface 3 and more
- Spectemu
(ZX Spectrum emulator) - Emulates
Sinclair Spectrum 48K
- Stella
(Atari 2600) - Emulates the Atari 2600 Video Computer
System (VCS)
- STonX
(Atari ST Emulator) - Emulates the Atari ST
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