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Looking for a retro chip emulator for building a custom system from scratch [closed]

TL;DR: I want to do this but entirely in software on my Linux laptop. Long version: In Ben Eater's "Hello World on a 6502", Ben shows how to build a computer from scratch using individual ...
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How to keep running DOS 16 bit applications when Windows 11 drops NTVDM

I have a business client who runs an old DOS 16-bit accounting and point-of-sale system in his industrial supply warehouse. He does not want to switch from the legacy DOS application since all of his ...
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Are there any good, non-abandoned PC emulators?

Mission: I'm trying to simulate a classic ~286/386/486/Pentium inside my modern PC (running Windows 10) in the most authentic way possible. Just a quick note to say that I (Sarah Walker) have decided ...
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Is there a seamless, Wine-like AmigaOS emulator for Linux, specifically for text-based programs?

After trying out FS-UAE on my Fedora Linux system, which worked quite nicely, I got to thinking. Even though when the Amiga was originally released in the middle 1980s, it was revolutionary in its ...
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Emulate a text-mode DOS program using a Unix terminal

Is it possible to run a text-mode DOS program in an emulator under a Unix-like operating system (Linux/*BSD/macOS) such that DOS text-mode input and output is done on a Unix terminal instead of a ...
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Converting ZX Spectrum .ipf files to .z80 or .tzx for use in Fuse on RetroPie?

I have a 'perfect' set of ZX Spectrum games (in .ipf format) that I would like to use in EmulationStation (RetroPie) but the Fuse emulator doesn't recognize .ipf files. Are there any tools that will ...
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How can I emulate MS-DOS on OS X to run old games on?

I am looking for a emulator for MS-DOS for OS X to run old games on. Are there any free emulators for MS-DOS that run on an Apple machine with OS X?
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What Commodore 64 emulator and assembler to use? [closed]

I'm about to do some assembly coding for the C64 but for sanity I would like to do the actual coding on my Mac with an emulator. My question is; which is the most maintained/up-to-date emulator/...
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Linux 68k Macintosh emulator

I'm currently using the absolutely ancient "Fusion" emulator to emulate a 68k Macintosh (specifically, a Quadra 700), but it only runs under MS-DOS, so I'm using a VirtualBox VM to emulate that. I'd ...
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