Emulation Online

DOS + Early PC

The early PC platform, originally developed by IBM, was what lead to personal computing as we know it today. We’re building an emulator for this historical platform, and aim to make it the most efficient DOS + PC emulator available, especially for mobile.

Below you can find links to our tools, as well as a series of articles that explain details of this system. The emulator is developed alongside the articles, so you can see it taking shape as well.

Specifications: for the original IBM 5150

Attribute Value
Developer IBM(system) / Intel(cpu) / Microsoft(dos/software)
Release Date Aug 1981
CPU Intel 8088 @ 4.77 MHz
Memory 16K standard, expandable to 640K
Graphics CGA card resolution varied by color depth. 2/4/16 color options
Resolution 640x200 with 2 colors <-> 160x100 with 16 colors

Emulators & Debuggers

Coming soon!

Development Articles (Sequential, first on top)