Virtual Machines
Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide functionality of a physical computer. Their implementations may involve specialized hardware, software, or a combination. A virtual machine is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest). A virtual machine typically enables the host system to run software or use peripheral devices designed for the guest system.
PTSource MiniVM
PTSource MiniVM is a general purpose virtual machine for Windows x86 and x64. PTSource MiniVM is designed to run cointained virtual machine legacy operating systems in the latest Windows versions. MiniVM provides advanced features such as support for multiuser applications, printing to PDF printers, tighter integration with Windows, enhanced keyboard, mouse and display support, transparent web and network access, minimal and compact code and real hardware emulation.
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PTSource MiniVM Emulated Hardware
- Intel Pentium MMX Processor at 580 MHz
- 64Mb SDRAM (default) 128Mb SDRAM (using the --extramem switch)
- S3 ViRGE graphics chipset
- Serial Mouse
- Sound Blaster 16 Sound Card
- Ne2000 Network Card
- 3 Hard Drives (RAW Disk Image format)
- 1 CDROM Drive (ISO Files)
- 2 2.88 Mb Floppy Drives (IMG, IMA, FDI Files)
Features
- PTSource MiniVMDOS included
- Network support and multiuser environment
- Printing text to Windows printers
- Transparent web and network access
- Does NOT need BIOS virtualization in the host machine
- PTSource Imager hard drive image creator included
- PTSource Image Converter hard drive image converter included
- PTSource ISO Creator ISO file creator included
- PTSource Printer manager for host included
Tested Operating Systems
- DR-DOS 6.0
- DR-DOS 7.01
- DR-DOS 7.02
- IBM PC-DOS 6.30
- PTS-DOS 2000
- PTS-DOS 32
- ROM-DOS 7.10
- Real/32 DOS 7.94
- Windows 3.1
- Windows for Workgroups 3.11
- Windows 95
- Windows 98 SE
- Windows NT 4 Workstation SP3
- Windows NT 4 Server SP3
- BackOffice Server 4.0
- OS/2 Warp 4
- BeOS 5 Personal Edition
- BasicLinux 3.50
- Slackware 3.5
- Slackware 4.0
- Slackware 7.1
- Slackware 8.0
- Slackware 9.0
- FreeBSD 3.1
- Red Hat Linux 8.0
- Corel Linux 1.2
- Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Debian 5.0
- Feather Linux 0.7.5
- SuSE Linux 6.3
- SuSE Linux 7.0 Personal
- SuSE Linux 7.0 Professional
- Puppy Linux 3.01 Retro
Download
Note : This software does not use a digitally signed installer, so you might get a warning. You should dismiss it and continue.
- Download the Installer.
- When Windows says the installer is not trusted, click “more info” and then “run anyway”.
- Follow the instructions in the installer.
- You can now launch the software from your desktop.
Note : Although this software is completely free a small download fee is applied to help us support hosting costs and help with development.
