Blittersoft Announces PCx: Software Pentium Emulator

Updated: 13 June 2020

The following information is from Blittersoft.

PCx is an all new 80x86 emulation. (Pentium and 686 instruction set, including Intel undocumented P5 instructions).

A DEMO disk is now available for free download. This allows you to try before you buy!

The speed is roughly 3 times faster than v2.3 of Emplant e586DX emulation in protected mode (like Windows, DOOM, etc.).

It is about 50% faster in DOS mode. This speed increase is without the CPU transcription, which has finally been debugged.

There are restrictions on the DEMO version as follows :

• Limit of 4MBytes of total memory selectable.
• Video modes cannot be altered.
• Partitions cannot be selected.
• Hardfiles limited to 16MBytes.
• Only one device selectable.
• No serial or parallel support.
• Digital audio channel not supported.
• No transcription support.
• No turbo support.
• Configuration cannot be saved.
• pcxaspi.sys and pcxcd.sys are *NOT* included with DEMO!

• Runs on a*ANY* Amiga with a 68020 or later processor.
• Emulation is software-only, *NO* additional hardware (like EMPLANT) is required.
• Slick user interface, without the mess of multiple windows.
• Self configuring.
• Intel Pentium Processor(tm) instruction set.
• Sound Blaster (mono) emulation.
• MDA/CGA/EGA/VGA support.
• CPU Transcription.
• CPU Turbo.
• Video board support.
• Graffiti Graphics box support.
• Selectable display modes (from display database).
• Does NOT require a BIOS.
• ASPI compliant SCSI manager.
• Ability to mount Amiga partitions on PC side.
• CD-ROM support.

If you are an owner of Emplant's e586DX emulation module, you can send in your original e586DX disk and get PCx for half the normal retail price.

More features will be added and we reserve the right to make changes without notice.

Download the DEMO version of PCx in LHA format from Aminet.

Original prices last time it was for sale (1996):

Price : 49.95 UKP (Europe)

Price : 59.95 USD (USA/Canada)

All orders MUST be placed through Blittersoft. US/Canadian orders shipped from within the US.

Worldwide dealers can contact Blittersoft (archived site) for trade pricing.

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Bliitersoft has been taken over by Virtual Programming.

More information about using PCx is on this PCx PC Emulator Tips page.

Read the Amiga Format article about PC Emulation.

For a modern alternative try DOS Box from Aminet (AmigaOS, Morphos, Aros).