This article lists software and hardware that emulates computing platforms.
The host in this article is the system running the emulator, and the guest is the system being emulated.
The list is organized by guest operating system (the system being emulated), grouped by bitness. Each section contains a list of emulators capable of emulating the specified guest, details of the range of guest systems able to be emulated, and the required host environment and licensing.
64-bit guest systems
AlphaServer
IBM System z
Silicon Graphics
UltraSPARC
x86-64 platforms (64-bit PC and compatible hardware)
60-bit guest systems
60-bit CDC 6000 series and Cyber mainframe
48-bit guest systems
English Electric KDF9
36-bit guest systems
DEC PDP-10
GE-600 series
IBM 7094
32-bit guest systems
32-bit IBM mainframe
Acorn Archimedes, A7000, Risc PC, Phoebe
While the ARM processor in the Acorn Archimedes is a 32-bit chip, it only had 26-bit addressing making an ARM/Archimedes emulator, such as Aemulor or others below, necessary for 26-bit compatibility, for later ARM processors have mostly have dropped it.
Amiga
Apple Lisa
Apple Macintosh with 680x0 CPU
Apple Macintosh with PowerPC CPU
Atari ST/STE/Falcon
Cobalt Qube
Corel NetWinder
DEC VAX
DECstation
Motorola 88000
Sharp X68000
Sinclair QL
SPARCstation
x86 platforms (32-bit PC and compatible hardware)
24-bit guest systems
ICL 1900
SDS 900-series
20-bit guest systems
GE-200 series
PERQ
18-bit guest systems
DEC PDP-1
DEC PDP-4/7/9/15
16-bit guest systems
Apple IIGS
NEC PC-9800 series
DEC PDP-11
Texas Instruments TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A
Texas Instruments TI-980
Texas Instruments TI-990
Varian Data Machines
x86-16 IBM PC/XT/AT compatible
12-bit guest systems
DEC PDP-8
8-bit guest systems
Acorn Atom
Acorn Electron
Altair 8800
Amstrad CPC
Apple-1
Apple II
Apple ///
Atari 8-bit family
BBC Micro
Commodore 64
Commodore Plus/4
Commodore VIC-20
Enterprise 64/128
Jupiter ACE
Mattel Aquarius
MicroBee
MSX
Note: NLMSX isn't compatible with Windows Aero, so the color schema is changed while NLMSX is running.
NEC PC-8800 series
Oric
SAM Coupé
Sharp MZ
Sinclair ZX80
Sinclair ZX81
Sinclair ZX Spectrum and clones
See also: comp.sys.sinclair FAQ at World of Spectrum
Tandy 1000
Thomson MO5
TRS-80
PDA and smartphone guest systems
Pocket PC
Calculator guest systems
Hewlett-Packard calculators
Texas Instruments calculators
See also
- Comparison of platform virtualization software
- List of emulators
- List of video game emulators