Emulator - Added PipeWire support for audio on Linux hosts - Added pure Wayland support for Linux hosts - Fixed broken Linux AppImages for x86 32-bit, ARM32 and ARM64 architectures - Fixed sound output issues on some Linux hosts due to mismatching audio libraries - Fixed incorrect key holding behavior on Linux and macOS hosts - Fixed key mapping on Linux and macOS hosts with international keyboards - Fixed Keyboard requires capture option not allowing keyboard capture if no mouse is enabled - Fixed Shift+F10 temporarily blocking keyboard input - Fixed absolute mouse input on X11 Linux hosts - Fixed 4th and 5th mouse buttons on Windows hosts - Fixed inconsistent mouse sensitivity with a scaled window or full screen mode - Fixed Direct3D 9 renderer scaling on HiDPI monitors - Fixed Vulkan support on Linux hosts - Fixed keyboard input through the secondary monitor window on Windows hosts - Fixed crash when exiting with a secondary monitor window open - Fixed secondary monitor freezing after changing renderers User interface - Added soft power button for ACPI-capable machines - Added host architecture and dynamic recompiler information to the About window - Added translation: Catalan by OBattler, ???????? Slovak by OBattler and daviunic - Fixed default file extension for new floppy, MO and ZIP images on macOS hosts - Fixed full screen keyboard shortcuts leading to stuck keys or not working at all - Fixed changes to video card settings being discarded after changing machines - Fixed new raw disk images not using the exact specified CHS geometry - Fixed text editing incorrectly enabled on hard disk and removable drive tables (not that it did anything) - Fixed CD-ROM mute option not showing its current state - Fixed status bar icons still showing activity with Update status bar icons turned off - Fixed MCA device list missing leading zeros on device IDs - Fixed missing AppImage icon on more Linux desktop environments - Changed default hard disk image type to dynamic VHD - Changed macOS app icon to conform to Apple standards - Updated translations: Chinese (Taiwan), Ukrainian Machines - Re-added Compaq Deskpro 386 with proper chipset emulation - Added IBM PS/2 Model 70 Type 4 486 machine (with forced Softfloat FPU due to strict BIOS tests) - Added Gemlight GMB-P54SPS Socket 5 motherboard - Added Packard Bell PB810 Socket 7 motherboard - Added Toshiba Infinia 7200 Socket 7 motherboard - Added ECS P6BAT-A+ Slot 1 and Socket 370 motherboard - Added real time clock to the Vendex HeadStart Turbo 888-XT - Added AGP support to the QDI EXCELLENT II - Added PS/2 mouse support to the Epson Action PC 2600 and TriGem 486G - Added on-board S3 ViRGE/DX video to the Intel TC430HX - Added on-board ATI Mach32 video to the IBM PS/ValuePoint P60 - Fixed Acer A1G crashing the emulator on 64-bit builds - Fixed Acer V35N hanging during POST - Fixed PC Chips M729 BIOS misbehaving and not retaining CMOS settings - Fixed ASUS P5A instability in DOS - Fixed IBM PC 330 (type 6573) BIOS misbehavior and missing on-board devices - Fixed keyboard layout issues on the ECS Elite UM8810PAIO and Samsung SPC7700P-LW - Fixed incorrect memory detection on the Phoenix XT clone and Tandy 1000 machines - Fixed OS/2 crashing the emulator on the IBM PS/2 Model 80 - Fixed PS/2 mouse not being detected on the Samsung SPC-4216P - Fixed game port joysticks on the IBM PCjr - Fixed PCI device IRQs on ALi M1489 machines and the ECS P6BAP - Fixed CD-ROM boot on the AMI Apollo - Fixed discrete video card support on the TriGem 486G - Fixed Olivetti M19 font corruption - Fixed Amstrad PC20(0) font corruption in MDA mode - Fixed incorrect keyboard layout on Amstrad machines - Fixed incorrect on-board devices on the ASUS PCI/I-486SP3 - Fixed incorrect PCI slot layout on the ASUS P2B-LS - Fixed ASUS P5A and Gigabyte GA-5AX hanging or rebooting on ACPI shutdown - Fixed DataExpert EXP8551 and PC Partner MB500N filed on the wrong category (now Socket 7 Single Voltage) - Fixed incorrect Planar IDs on the IBM PS/2 Model 55SX and 60 - Changed IBM PCjr memory size selection to a minimum of 64 KB with 64 KB increments - Increased maximum RAM on the Gigabyte GA-586IP to 256 MB Hardware - Core - Added Softfloat FPU option for higher floating point accuracy at the cost of performance - Added PIT mode option for higher Programmable Interval Timer accuracy at the cost of performance - Added Celeron Covington CPU for when you feel like having no L2 cache - Added Page Global Enable CPU feature to the Pentium II and its derivatives - Improved performance of some MMX workloads on x86 hosts - Reworked PCI slot assignment system - Windows may redetect installed cards! - Fixed PCI functionality on Windows 95 with the 430NX and other early PCI chipsets - Fixed certain machines crashing the emulator when set to 16 MB RAM or higher - Fixed OpenStep text corruption and font sizing issues due to missing FXTRACT FPU instruction - Fixed graphical glitching on 3D games with the Pentium II Deschutes and Celeron Mendocino due to broken FXSAVE and FXRSTOR FPU instructions - Fixed NetWare 6 failing to boot on the Pentium II and its derivatives - Fixed interrupt controller emulation inaccuracies mostly affecting MCA IBM PS/2 machines - Fixed a small MMU mapping inaccuracy on 32-bit ALU instructions - Fixed undocumented 8088 and PIT quirks abused by the Area 5150 demo (we’re working on making it work!) - Display - Added ATI Mach8 ISA and Mach32 ISA/MCA/VLB/PCI video cards - Added INMOS XGA ISA video card - Added 8 MB video RAM option to the Number 9 9FX 771 (S3 Vision968) card - Fixed IBM XGA crashing the emulator if the primary video card is not VGA - Fixed IBM XGA BIOS loading issues resulting in POST failures (again) - Fixed QBasic hanging on exit on EGA cards - Fixed text corruption with S3 cards on XFree86 - Fixed S3 ViRGE/GX family displaying a black screen on XFree86 - Fixed cursor glitching with Miro and SPEA S3 Vision968 cards on Windows 95 - Fixed cursor glitching with Tseng ET4000/W32 cards on some Windows versions - Fixed graphics corruption with ATI Mach64 cards on some video modes and Windows versions - Fixed Hercules text mode missing the rightmost column - Fixed Hercules Plus graphics corruption in RAM font mode - Fixed Hercules Plus and InColor screen wrapping glitch - Fixed font selection and color palette on the Compaq Portable gas plasma display - Fixed graphics corruption on EGA monochrome modes - Fixed specific graphics corruption issues on the IBM 8514/A and XGA - Fixed small emulation inaccuracies on CGA, EGA and Cirrus Logic cards - Fixed Voodoo Banshee/3 screen wrapping glitch in 2048x1536 mode - Fixed DDC monitor size data to prevent Xorg from defaulting to 2048x1536 or other high resolutions - Fixed incorrect video RAM detection on S3 Vision864, Vision964, Trident TGUI9400 and TGUI9440 cards - Fixed Reply Video Adapter (Cirrus Logic GD5426) MCA card ignoring the configured video RAM amount - Fixed BIOS error on Cirrus Logic MCA cards - Fixed incorrect detection of the Compaq EGA - Fixed IBM 8514/A and XGA incorrectly selectable alongside incompatible VGA cards - Changed 200-line CGA mode to no longer double to 400 lines - Input - Reworked AT-PS/2 keyboard controller emulation to fix random loss of input - Increased mouse polling rate to improve responsiveness - Added Command + Forward Delete shortcut for the Insert key on macOS hosts - Fixed serial mouse detection on some Linux distributions - Fixed 3-button mode on the Logitech serial mouse - Fixed PS/2 mouse on SCO UNIX - Fixed 4-axis 4-button joystick on Windows hosts - Fixed vJoy driver crashing the emulator when configured as a joystick - Sound - Added support for up to 4 sound cards per machine - Fixed FluidSynth not working on Linux and macOS hosts (for real this time) - Fixed incorrect default settings for FluidSynth - Fixed AdLib Gold hanging the emulated machine - Fixed Ensoniq AudioPCI audio distortion on some games - Fixed MPU-401 intelligent mode freezing some games - Fixed Windows Sound System crashing the emulator if OPL functionality is disabled - Fixed VIAFMTSR software OPL3 emulation on VIA on-board sound - Fixed AcerMagic S20 and miroSOUND PCM10 sound cards not being detected by some tools - Fixed incorrect default IRQ (now 5) on the AcerMagic S20 and miroSOUND PCM10 - Fixed MIDI input corrupting large SysEx messages on the MPU-401 and compatible sound cards - Fixed Ensoniq AudioPCI incorrectly identifying as ES1373 instead of ES1371 - Fixed VIA on-board sound impacting emulation performance when supported by the machine’s chipset but not used - Moved Innovation SSI-2001, CMS / Game Blaster and Gravis Ultrasound to the new multiple sound card selector - Changed Ensoniq AudioPCI codec selection to reflect actual ES1371 cards - Updated FluidSynth library on Windows hosts to no longer require an external DLL - Updated ymfm library to fix a small OPL4 inaccuracy - Network - Added VDE virtual networking support for Linux and macOS hosts - Added Null Driver option to connect the network card to an empty network, replacing the None option - Fixed PCap crashing the emulator upon failing to initialize - Fixed NetWare packet corruption on NE2000 cards - Fixed Western Digital WD8003E/A MCA cards not working when configured for IRQ 4 or 15 - Updated SLiRP library on Windows and macOS hosts - Ports - Added serial port passthrough to real ports and named pipes - Fixed PostScript printer not working on macOS hosts (for real this time) - Fixed serial ports not working on later ALi chipsets - Updated the ESC/P printer’s FreeType library on Windows hosts to no longer require an external DLL - Storage - Added ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drive model selection with more options - Added Monster FDC floppy drive controller card - Added generic tertiary and quaternary floppy drive controller cards - Added Western Digital WDXT-GEN ISA MFM controller card - Added XTIDE BIOS variant specifically for NEC V20/V30 CPUs - Fixed Adaptec AHA-154x and BusLogic SCSI controllers crashing the emulator on FreeBSD - Fixed slow detection of empty IDE channels on Linux - Fixed XTA controllers not working properly - Fixed XTIDE BIOS error on NEC V20/V30 CPUs - Fixed mounted folders discarding invalid characters used by some DOS application CDs - Fixed ATAPI CD-ROM not working on Solaris 2 - Fixed BusLogic and Rancho RT1000B SCSI controllers not working with specific versions of their DOS drivers - Fixed Tekram DC-390 SCSI controller not resetting devices attached to it - Fixed SCSI CD audio issues on OS/2 and on NCR ISA SCSI controllers - Fixed SCSI ID assignment on the IBM PS/2 SCSI Adapter - Fixed dynamic and differential VHD images re-creating as fixed images if deleted - Fixed VHD images with more than 63 (IDE) or 99 (SCSI) sectors per track not being loaded correctly - Fixed emulator crash with hdd_image_load() message when loading differential VHD images made on different timezones - Fixed mounted folders remaining locked on macOS hosts after the CD-ROM is ejected - Fixed cassette incorrectly available on machines without cassette support - Other - Fixed ISA RTC cards not being detected by some software - Fixed ISA RTC cards reporting an incorrect year in some cases - Fixed ISABugger incorrectly available on machines without ISA Known issues - Some applications which heavily depend on specific 8088 CPU behavior may not work properly - The Ensoniq AudioPCI no longer works with the 2001 Creative WDM driver (SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe); this driver is designed for ES1373/CT5880 cards only, has identical BSOD issues on a real ES1371, and only works in VMware and previous versions of 86Box due to emulation inaccuracies - Serial port passthrough is not complete and may require reconfiguration in a future version - Serial port passthrough may randomly stall the emulated machine if the other end is not connected - The ATI Mach8 and Mach32 may not render some very specific video modes correctly