Every cpu instruction has to be emulated in software. Apparently Pentium 
II is about as fast a cpu that can be emulated at full speed. In the 
interest of genuineness (is that a word) achieving real speed is deemed 
a feature.

Like many/most open source endeavors it is dominated by one person.

Don't have networking yet, but to get stuff in is as simple as pointing 
the CDROM device to a folder then reading the CDROM as normal. Later I 
might need to get stuff out. No hurry.

AN ongoing issue is that modern cheaper printers don't support PCL or 
Epson. Provided drivers are extremely limited.


On 9/3/2024 10:30 am, Michael Kennedy wrote:
> Wow! 86Box sounds very good, Bernie. Thank you for the update.
> 
> I don't recall ever using/trying it.
> 
> Re speed: I'm surprised if the execution speed is the same as on 
> 486-based hardware - I would have expected higher performance!
> 
> And 86Box is being regularly updated and supported - very important, 
> though seemingly mainly by one person?
> 
> Very best,
>    - Michael
> 
> 
> On 07/03/2024 23:49, Bernie van't Hof wrote:
>> UTM / QEMU didn't work out so well.
>>
>> But I have a promising solution: 86Box. It is a proper 
>> old-world-machine emulator.
>>
>> Seems to work fine. Of course at proper 486 speed just as it we 
>> remember (being an emulator).
>>
>> Even printing works! Emulates printer and sends to a folder. Automator 
>> can be used to setup a forwarder to printer.
>>
>> Havn't mastered networking ... yet.
>>
>> Cheers to all,
>> Bernie
>>
>> On 17/11/2023 12:10 pm, Bernie van't Hof wrote:
>>> Hi ya all! I am back, briefly!
>>>
>>> Am the proud owner of a beaut M2Pro mac.
>>>
>>> But of course the only problem is virtualbox doesn't work on apple 
>>> silicon, neither do the other virtualisers (for old windows os's).
>>>
>>> Oh no! Is this the end of PDOXDOS for me?
>>>
>>> Trying UTM (based on QEMU). All seems to be running fine. So far.
>>>
>>> Seasons Greetings!
>>