JPC (emulator)

JPC
Stable release	3.0  / 22 February 2015;10 years ago (22 February 2015)
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	Java
Type	Emulator
License	GNU General Public License
Website	jpc.sourceforge.net

JPC is an x86 emulator written in pure Java. It can run on any platform that supports the Java virtual machine. It creates a virtual PC compatible machine that can run MS-DOS and other x86 operating systems. Programs inside JPC can run up to 20% of the native processor speed. JPC was written by the Oxford University Subdepartment of Particle Physics.

Features

• Safe, secure and portable due to being 100% pure Java
• Snapshot facility
• Remote disk option
• Integrated debugger
• Network card (tested by playing network Doom )
• PC speaker emulation
• Virtual FAT32 drive to wrap a directory

Compatibility

• boots DOS
• boots graphical Linux (DSL, Feather)
• boots many Linux's into text mode
• boots Windows 3.0

Emulated hardware

• Southbridge chipset: PIIX3 ^[1]
• Chipset: Intel i440FX PCI Host Bridge
• Network device: NE2000 ^[1]
• Storage: P-ATA ^[2]
• Real-time clock: MC146818
• Direct Memory Access Controller (DMA): Intel 8237
• Interval Timer (IT): Intel 8254
• Serial Port: 16450 UART
• Floating-point unit (FPU)

See also

• Free and open-source software portal
• Computer programming portal

• Comparison of platform virtualization software

References

1. "JPCSource". Oxford University. Archived from the original (zip) on 2007-08-03. Retrieved 2009-10-31. Source code org/jpc/emulator/pci/peripheral/EthernetCard.java
2. "JPCSource". Oxford University. Archived from the original (zip) on 2007-08-03. Retrieved 2009-10-31. Source code org/jpc/emulator/pci/peripheral/PIIX3IDEInterface.java

External links

• Official website
• JPC on GitHub