Why we emulated the devices that we do?

re: Why we emulated the devices that we do?

Benjamin Armstrong — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:38:44 GMT

Bloss -

No, this is not possible

Cheers,

Ben

re: Why we emulated the devices that we do?

Bloss — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:45:30 GMT

Is there anyway to write our own emulated hardware?

re: Why we emulated the devices that we do?

AudiophilePhil — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:08:14 GMT

How about GPIB (IEEE-488)bus?

Is it supported in a virtual machine?

I have a test PC that has Windows 7 that I need to virtualize to XP mode.

My plan after virtualization is to connect the PC to spectrum analyzer, signal generator, power supply, and call box through GPIB cables.

Do you think GPIB bus would be detected by a virtualized machine?

Thanks,

Ruel

re: Why we emulated the devices that we do?

Benjamin Armstrong — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:49:36 GMT

Htos1 -

You can read about where to get the drivers (and how to setup networking on Windows 3.11) here: blogs.msdn.com/.../networking-windows-3-11-under-virtual-pc.aspx

Cheers,

Ben

re: Why we emulated the devices that we do?

Htos1 — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:34:27 GMT

I wish there was a win3.xx driver for the i21140 nic,I can take my actual vintage p166 dos box online with an NC100 nic(it has a 3.xx driver)but not my virtual machine.Doesn't matter that it's obsolete,it should still work in 3.xx with ie5 16bit.

re: Why we emulated the devices that we do?

Th2 — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:17:00 GMT

Okay, if Intel Graphics is too much, then why not do an ATI MACH64? Or perhaps an 8 MB Matrox Millenium card? Why not emulate 3D graphics (Direct3D and OpenGL), so that legacy games will not run too fast in a modernized computer system?

re: Why we emulated the devices that we do?

eddie — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:30:00 GMT

As far as networks are concerned, I don't really mind which hardware is emulated. Unfortunately, I cant find one that does 100-baseTX or Gbit.

Any chance an upgrade?

re: Why we emulated the devices that we do?

Virtual PC Guy — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:42:00 GMT

Robert -

The DEC 21140 chipset is an older chipset and as a result has better support for legacy platforms.

Th2 -

This comes back to the performance issue - and Intel graphics chipset is much more complex than the S3 Trio - and hence overall performance would be slower.

Cheers,
Ben

re: Why we emulated the devices that we do?

th2 — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:13:00 GMT

Here's a question. Why not emulate Intel graphics, so there can be Direct3D and OpenGL support as well (only the most basic of course...)?

re: Why we emulated the devices that we do?

Shin — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:35:00 GMT

That's very useful information. Many thanks SvOlli