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title: IBM PC Emulator
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sdk_version: '1.0'
app_file: run.sh
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JavaPC

IBM PC emulator and GWBASIC interpreter implemented in Java and Scala (Java2D, Swing)

Motivations

My first programming language was GWBASIC. As such, BASIC remains my first love; thus, I have fond memories of programming in the little language that could, and quite a few old programs that I can no longer run because I've switched to Mac OS X. I started JavaPC in 2004 (as a hobby project) to be able to run those old programs via the JVM.

I've recently decided to update this project to Java 8 (with a few components moved to Scala), and improve its 8086 compatibility and performance in the process.

Build Requirements

Java 8 SDK
Scala 2.13.x
SBT 1.3.10

Building the code

$ sbt clean assembly