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How does this compare with blink [1] ? [1] https://github.com/jart/blink https://github.com/jart/blink

by tromp 2y ago

sandreas 2y ago
86box seems to be the successor of PCem, a GUI Emulator that is capable of emulating full Hardware (incl. Settings and BIOS/firmware) via GUI selection. I use it for old games, because emulating of 3dfx and similar is also possible in an easy way. Maybe this can be done with blink, but probably not by selecting a few dropdowns and clicking some buttons...
- nubinetwork 2y ago
  Pcem is still being actively developed, even though Sarah Walker said she wasn't working on it anymore.
- snvzz 2y ago
  Successor or fork? I am not sure about the details, but I seem to remember it was not a very amicable fork.
  - rnd0 2y ago
    It's a fork, going back some years (2017 or so). It's instructive to look at the activity level of pcem (their forum, and their github account: https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem/commits/dev/ https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem/commits/dev/) versus 86box ( https://github.com/86Box/86Box/commits/master/ https://github.com/86Box/86Box/commits/master/ ) 86box has a vibrant community around it (pop in the discord some time!) which PCEM really doesn't as far as I'm able to tell. Yes, there is a lot of bad blood -but I would suggest taking any stories that you hear (but did not witness yourself) with a huge grain of salt.
    - sandreas 2y ago
      There is also a video about PCEm with a reference to 86box from LTT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWEE2RJj3YI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWEE2RJj3YI Found this pretty interesting how to use in practise.
powerhugs 2y ago
Not at all. Blink according to themselves is: > blink is a virtual machine that runs x86-64-linux programs on different operating systems and hardware architectures. Where 86Box is, according to themselves: > 86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.
snvzz 2y ago
Blink seems to be closer to qemu-user or box86/box64[0]. 0. https://box86.org/ https://box86.org/

How does this compare with blink [1] ? [1] https://github.com/jart/blink https://github.com/jart/blink

by tromp 2y ago

How does this compare with blink [1] ? [1] https://github.com/jart/blink https://github.com/jart/blink

86box seems to be the successor of PCem, a GUI Emulator that is capable of emulating full Hardware (incl. Settings and BIOS/firmware) via GUI selection. I use it for old games, because emulating of 3dfx and similar is also possible in an easy way. Maybe this can be done with blink, but probably not by selecting a few dropdowns and clicking some buttons...

nubinetwork 2y ago
Pcem is still being actively developed, even though Sarah Walker said she wasn't working on it anymore.
snvzz 2y ago
Successor or fork? I am not sure about the details, but I seem to remember it was not a very amicable fork.
- rnd0 2y ago
  It's a fork, going back some years (2017 or so). It's instructive to look at the activity level of pcem (their forum, and their github account: https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem/commits/dev/ https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem/commits/dev/) versus 86box ( https://github.com/86Box/86Box/commits/master/ https://github.com/86Box/86Box/commits/master/ ) 86box has a vibrant community around it (pop in the discord some time!) which PCEM really doesn't as far as I'm able to tell. Yes, there is a lot of bad blood -but I would suggest taking any stories that you hear (but did not witness yourself) with a huge grain of salt.
  - sandreas 2y ago
    There is also a video about PCEm with a reference to 86box from LTT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWEE2RJj3YI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWEE2RJj3YI Found this pretty interesting how to use in practise.

powerhugs 2y ago

Not at all. Blink according to themselves is: > blink is a virtual machine that runs x86-64-linux programs on different operating systems and hardware architectures. Where 86Box is, according to themselves: > 86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.

snvzz 2y ago

Blink seems to be closer to qemu-user or box86/box64[0]. 0. https://box86.org/ https://box86.org/