lBochs PC Emulator
by Luigi B.
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Version 3.1.1 💾 10 Mb
📅 Updated November 2, 2021
A port to Android of the Bochs PC Emulator.
Features lBochs PC Emulator
lBochs is a port of the Bochs X86 emulator (http://bochs.sourceforge.net).The modified bochs sources are included as a tgz archive stored in the internal SD card (Android/data/lb.myapp.lbochs).I provide a floppy with freedos just to make the emulator boot after app installation.I provide also a virtual HD ready to use for OS installations.Its possible to create shortcuts for different systems (if the home launcher allows it).Its possible to set the emulator run on a specific cpu model (386/486/586/686/686X64), but the configuration must be chosen wisely or the app will crash badly.A smart way to use the app is to create the VM on PC and then copy it inside the android device.If you plan to put the virtual machines in the external SD card, be aware that Android>=4.4 grants write access to the app only under /Android/data/lb.myapp.lbochs/files.Please note that this is a sort of nerd-oriented app, probably useless for the average android user.You need a quite fast phone/tablet because the emulator is slow.A virtual PC keyboard is provided, but you can use your own virtual keyboard if you like.All the settings are made through a popup menu with quite many options.The back button opens the menu.The app is still considered in a sort of beta/testing stage but is already quite usable.MultiprocessingVersion 2.0 introduces multiprocessor support.
In Bochs all emulated cores run in a single thread, so a multiprocessor emulation IS NOT faster than a single processor emulation.Usually it is slower.
Then multiprocessor emulation has nothing to do with the number of cores in your device.
The app has no control in which cores Android uses.Many thanks to:SDL (libsdl.org) - No porting possible without thatBochs (bochs.sourceforge.net) - They made the real thingFreeDOS (freedos.org) - The basic tools for a PCFree icons authors (iconarchive.com) - Im good at coding but bat at drawing** WARNING **The app seems quite stable to me, but its easily possible to make it very unstable and it may crash immediately if the user plays too much with the configuration, or if the guest system is not managed well.Its possible that you have to reboot your Android device in some cases.Its possible that in some cases you have to uninstall and reinstall the app to make it work again.Than the app may drain your battery quickly, but this depends on the configuration (emulated cpu cycles).Its possible that the device CPU becomes stressed causing overheating.So use it at your own risk.** WARNING **Alignment with bochs svn.Great voodoo emulation improvements thanks to V.
Ruppert of the bochs team.Stability improvements and bug fix.Targeting android 11.
No more file access permission.
Use the menu file management feature to import/export.
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What Our Users Say
Don't just take our word for it. Here's what our users have to say about our Android app.
"Automatically ejects CD, rendering it impossible to boot from it."
High Flying
"Works great. I installed windows xp then got it connected to the internet through my phone (galaxy note 20 ultra). Next I will be installing games. Thank you very much to the developers."
Davy Jones
"What is this app?"
Shevon Mark
"Fake app. Doesn't allow access to storage. Doesn't allow to boot from any image file. Not really sure what use it is"
David Dahl
"My mistake, i set the CPU ips to the highest, because i wanted a fast virtual machine, this caused the problems, but i rather set it 20 this make the videos/sounds working good in games like fallout 2, rpg maker games, visual novels, master of orion 2 under windows 98 SE."
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"Im so sorry.Your emulator is so fast and better than Qemu,but the 1 star is because i cant use windows 7.Previous update,it all worked fast,even opening apps is only in a second.The issue is sign.It shows me this"Download Bochs 64 86 please".Can you fix it?"
Malaz
"This is amazing!!"
Christopher Sacchi
"Since the last Update I have lost the ability to Install via ISO via CD I had XP working nearly 70% functional"
Rhain Colyer
"The best"
Pannam
"Too hard to go to keyboard"
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Available for Android 8.0 and above