JPC (emulator) explained

JPC
Programming Language:	Java
Operating System:	Cross-platform
Platform:	Java
Genre:	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
• 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

• Dioscuri is a third-party JPC-based x86 emulator written in Java.
• Comparison of platform virtualization software

References

1. Web site: JPCSource . zip . Source code org/jpc/emulator/pci/peripheral/EthernetCard.java . Oxford University Java PC . 2009-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070803175805/http://www-jpc.physics.ox.ac.uk/JPCsource.zip . 2007-08-03 . dead .
2. Web site: JPCSource . zip . Source code org/jpc/emulator/pci/peripheral/PIIX3IDEInterface.java . Oxford University Java PC . 2009-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070803175805/http://www-jpc.physics.ox.ac.uk/JPCsource.zip . 2007-08-03 . dead .