IBM PC emulator

Virtual Computer: An emulator for simulating and re-creating the experience of a wide variety of classic PCs.

Re-live all of your favorite classic operating systems, applications, and games, on the PC model of your choice. Whether it's an old
version of IBM PC-DOS or Microsoft MS-DOS or Windows, an old application such as one of the old releases of Microsoft Office
or Word or Excel or a competing program such as Lotus 123, WordStar, WordPerfect, or AMI Pro, or even your favorite old
games (including classics from Microsoft and other companies).

What is Virtual Computer?
Virtual Computer is a program with simulates and re-creates the experience of using an IBM PC, COMPAQ PC, or similar machine right directly from within your desktop. It's like a "virtual computer" inside your PC: You load it up, select whatever model of PC and components that you happen to be interested in using, and it boots right into this "PC" of yours that you just created - simple as that.

Each of the machine selection functions like an archive for preserving the history of various PC models. This program serves as a means of saving all of these computer models from being forgotten, which at the same time also allowing people to use them as if they were in fact using the originals.

The program contains a growing collection of machines from the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, though later machines may also be added in the future, especially as they also get older over time.

We also have a large collection of various components, including system boards, CPUs, adapter boards, and even peripherals.

Why simulate all of these old products?
We recognize that computer technology is not eternal, and that over time, computer products age, to the point where they may
eventually stop working correctly. Using such programs as this one not only helps to preserve these machines, but it also
gives users a chance to experiment with them without tampering with or damaging an original machine even if they happen to
have access to one. For example, if you had an old IBM PS/2 machine with a 386 CPU, but you wanted an extra IBM PS/2 machine
to experiment with upgrading to a 486 or even Pentium CPU, you could just as easily use this program for the purpose while
at the same time keeping your real IBM PS/2 machine intact.

Also, a large number of the most valuable and important of machines are also extremely expensive to obtain. For example,
while a generic or hand-built PC can easily be found for only a few dollars, an original machine from IBM or COMPAQ on the
other hand in nearly every case will cost hundreds of dollars (in some cases even thousands) for a fully working machine,
and the price range can also vary greatly for other brand names that competed with those companies. This program, on the
other hand, allows users to emulate these machines ENTIRELY FOR FREE, with no hidden costs at that! Yes, you read that
correctly, FOR FREE! If you need an old IBM or COMPAQ PC or a similar machine from another company, you can just as easily
download this program to re-create the machine of your choice from there, and all without so much as even paying a dime at
that!