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PCE

PCE emulate IBM PC5150.

The following hardware is included:

  • CPU (8088, 8086, 80188 or 80186)
  • BIOS (any provided)
  • 8237 DMAC (DMA controller)
  • 8250 UART (to serial port)
  • 8253 PIT (timers) Only counting modes 0, 2 and 3 are supported at this time
  • 8255 PPI (I/O bus ?)
  • 8259 PIC (interrupt controller)
  • Video (cards are: MDA, CGA, Plantronics ColorPlus, Wyse 700, HGC, EGA, VGA)
  • EMS (?)
  • XMS (extended memory)
  • FDC (floppy controller)
  • Hard disk
  • Speaker
  • Mouse
  • Parallel Port (output is written to a file)
  • Serial Port

Install PCE

Download and extract source

Compile it

./configure –prefix=<TARGET_FOLDER>
make
sudo make install
pce-ibmpc -V

Read keymap in docs/keys

Get MINIX source

Download and extract source

Execute MINIX

In source folder, execute pce-ibmpc -v -c pce-5160.cfg -l pce.log -g mda -r

Warning:

  • you'll get a QWERTY keyboard
  • mouse input is captured, type Ctrl Alt F1 to exit