VirtualXT

VirtualXT is a IBM PC/XT emulator that runs on modern hardware and operating systems. It is designed to be simple and lightweight yet still capable enough to run a large library of old application and games.

░▒▓█ Emulated Hardware █▓▒░

• Intel 8088 CPU
• 640KB RAM
• 3.5" floppy disk controller (720KB/1.44MB)
• Disk controller (hard drive size of up to 528MB)
• CGA/Hercules graphics card with 320x200 4-color, 720x348 2-color, and CGA 80x25 16-color textmode
• Keyboard controller with 83-key XT-style keyboard
• Serial port with Microsoft 2-button mouse
• PC speaker

░▒▓█ Development █▓▒░

VirtualXT is still in early development and there is a lot of work to be done. :)

Known issues:

• INT 10h (Video service) is missing a lot of features.
• Keyboard emulation is not perfect and there are known issues with the state keys. (CapsLock and NumLock)
• Limited serial port emulation.
• MacOSX version is not well tested.
• Documentation is lacking.

░▒▓█ libvxt █▓▒░

VirtualXT can be built as a dependency free C-library for integration in to another application or game. See the manual for more information.

░▒▓█ Alternative Builds █▓▒░

For Linux users there is a snap package available:

sudo snap install virtualxt