Machine addition requests (please post your machine addition requests here)

[OBattler]

I am duplicating the Discord server post here, so people can use this issue to post their Machine addition requests in order to have them all in one place.

Write most machines requested on GitHub requested machines up here so I can pin this and close the issues:

• [guestuser0001] Commodore C286-LT (Add support for the Commodore C286-LT laptop computer in 86Box #3751);
• [guestuser0001] Sanyo MBC-25 PLUS (Request for add support for some few 80286 machines #3748);
• [guestuser0001] Schneider System 240 (Request for add support for some few 80286 machines #3748);
• [guestuser0001] Zenith Data Systems Z-248 (Request for add support for some few 80286 machines #3748);
• [saipan7] Dell 466/NP (Please add support for Dell 466/NP in 86box #3585);
• [saipan7] Gateway 2000 P55C-233 (Please add support for Gateway 2000 P55C-233 in 86box #3578);
• [saipan7] Acer AcerMate 600 (Please add support for Acer AcerMate 600 in 86box #3576);
• [saipan7] Dell OptiPlex GN+ (Please add support for Dell OptiPlex GN+ in 86box #3565);
• [pankoza2-pl] Packard Bell Legend 300sx (Add Packard Bell Legend 300sx (port it from PCem) #3503);
• [saipan7] AST Advantage! Adventure 4066d (Please add support for AST Advantage! Adventure 4066d in 86box #3366);
• [pankoza2-pl] MSI MS-6199VA (retail and Packard Bell OEM) (add MSI MS-6199VA (retail and Packard Bell OEM) #3338);
• [saipan7] Compaq Prolinea MT (Please add support for Compaq Prolinea MT in 86box #3325);
• [PechayClub] IBM PC Convertible (Add IBM PC Convertible to 86Box #3214);
• [TheDell1998] Shuttle HOT-597 (Add Shuttle HOT-597 #3198);
• [TheDell1998] PB930/950, PB600, PB860, PB980, and PB992 (Add Packard Bell Machines #3146, Add Packard Bell PB930 and Packard Bell PB950 #3142);
• [MatthewH12] Sony Vaio / ASUS P2B-AE (Sony Vaio / ASUS P2B-AE BIOS Request #2206);
• [Banjo-Oz] Amstrad PC5286, PC7486SLC33, PC7486SLC80, and PC9486 (Add Amstrad PC5286, PC7486SLC33, PC7486SLC80 and PC9486 #2179);
• [swordlink1] Comapq Portable 486 (Add Compaq Portable 486 #2135);
• [headsetguy37] HP Falcon / ASUS MEB-VM (HP Falcon motherboard (Asus MEB-VM) #1976);
• [anabate123] Tandy 1000 TL/2 (Tandy 1000 TL/2 implementation #1736);
• [Fenix770] Amstrad 5x86 PC machines (Add the Amstrad 5x86 PC machines #1360);
• [CRTRevivalDreamer] TMC PCI54ST (PCI54ST Emulation #643);
• [jvernet] More 8086 systems (More 8086 systems #505);
• [Spagheta-DSi] HP Vectra and HIL support ([Feature Request] HP Vectra emulation, HIL support, etc. #377);
• [Mako88] EasyData 286 (Suntac 286-B) ([Request] Support for Award BIOS 3.03 #334).

[lemondrops]

You might want to turn the list into a checklist (add [ ] after each bullet), for easier tracking of what is done, as well as pin the issue so that people would (hopefully) notice it and post here instead of creating new issues.

[Tomeister1]

Hi do you know when all of these rom files will be able to use on 86box? If not can you please let me know when you can get to this task?

Thanks

[jriwanek]

When they're ready, and not before, be patient.

[TheDell1998]

I can't wait for the new machines to be here on 86Box!

[Steveneska]

Is it too late to request another one? Not really a machine per se but a motherboard:

• [Steveneska] Biostar MB-8433UUD-A Rev. 2 or Biostar MB-8440UUD-A Rev. 2
  Chipset: UMC UM82C881/ UM8886BF
  Socket: Socket 3
  BIOS: Award, (revision date: 04/10/1996)

[mfmcosta]

IBM PS/2 Model 25 (8086/8MHz)
more info at: http://www.ibmfiles.com/pages/ps2model25.htm
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/ibm-ps-2-model-25-8525-type-1

BIOS ROMs:
https://www.ardent-tool.com/firmware/system/8525/8086/00F2122.zip
https://www.ardent-tool.com/firmware/system/8525/8086/00F2123.zip

Why this IBM model?
The PS/2 Model 25 & 30 were the only system using the MCGA (Multicolor Graphics Adapter) standard.

[Torinde]

Amstrad MegaPC #238
Tera Drive - related to MegaPC
Not-PC-compatible, but x86 list at #3525

[KoghaandSooga]

When they're ready, and not before, be patient.

That kind of reply is uncalled for. We just want a general roadmap we don't/aren't asking for exact dates as we know different things can get in the way but having no road map people just wind up wasting unnecessary gas.

Edit: Whomever gave the thumbs down totally took what I said out of context. Typical modern web. (Mutters about dumb....)

[TheSystemGuy1337]

danooct1's Packard Bell (so I can infect GRAPHICS.COM, and it appears to be a Legend 386? Can't make it out from this burry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVuVOMFj1Ko. I do know it uses the Phoenix 80386 ROM BIOS Plus Version 1.10 2714)

[telanus]

Kaypro 2000. Bios is on minuszerodegree. It'll boot in 86Box, but keyboard input doesn't work.

[KoghaandSooga]

Kaypro 2000. Bios is on minuszerodegree. It'll boot in 86Box, but keyboard input doesn't work.

Sometimes keyboard input randomly drops on different machines where it would work one time but may not work another then restarting main PC seems to fix it until it happens again. Workable but annoying solution.

Edit: I think someone from my long deleted Reddit account is stalking me giving me downvotes and to that person why make all that effort? Do you have nothing better to do if so that's one sad pathetic life just to make an account so you can downvote someone you don't like.

[fire-lizard]

Could you please add [PC 3270 (aka IBM 5271)]
I believe Borland had driver for it in all versions of Turbo Pascal/Turbo C++ so it would be a nice addition to 86Box.

[jriwanek]

Note: The PC 3270 is just an IBM 5160 with an IBM 3270 terminal card installed, atleast at this moment in time, I see no benefit to adding emulation for this.

[fire-lizard]

Thank you for the answer, but point of interest is not the machine itself, but its graphics card.

[jriwanek]

And which graphics card does it have?

[Torinde]

IBM 5271 (3270 PC) "The display card in this PC (I've never seen its name abbreviated, but it would be a 3270PCDA) occupies both CGA and MDA address space (plus bits of the VGA framebuffer). The only possible dualhead configuration would be to have a PGC with its CGA emulation turned off. You could end up with a PC containing 5 full-length display cards!" [1]

Also, the keyboard has 122 keys (including F13-F24)

[fire-lizard]

Its own graphics mode is
Driver graphics_mode Value x Rows Palette Pages
PC3270 PC3270HI 0 720 x 350 2 color 1
[1]

[TechGuyC]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
No

Describe the solution you'd like

Add these SIS 5598 motherboards:

ASUS SP97-XV (SIS 5598 Version)
0109XVJ2.zip

ASUS SPAX-M (HP OEM)
BIOS.zip

Pcchips M571
990305s.zip

Pcchips M596
990706S.zip

Chipset Documentation
DSA-594853.pdf

Onboard Video bios files

597V113.zip

OEMROM.zip

vga.zip

Describe alternatives you've considered
None

Additional context
There is no Socket 7 Motherboards from Asus or Pcchips with Onboard Video in the emulator

[borisvolk117]

I don't think it's too much to add another 386 computer. How about BEK-tronic BEK-3739? It has no onboard video, audio or floppy/hard drive controller.
Info:https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/bek-tronic-bek-3739

[cigaryno]

I don't think it's too much to add another 386 computer. How about BEK-tronic BEK-3739? It has no onboard video, audio or floppy/hard drive controller. Info:https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/bek-tronic-bek-3739

I think it's much to add more 386DX machines. They are not common at all compared to 386SX machines.

[Paatuska]

Would be awesome to have 90's AST computer bios, where and how I can request it :)
for example this one https://archive.org/details/ast-advantage-600-restore

[borisvolk117]

Since Sanyo MBC-25 PLUS is a pseudo-XT using 286, I can guess Citygate d30 is a clone of its chipset, C&T 82C230. (I just hope Hedaka HED-919 could be revived.) And how about IBM PS/2 Model 30 (8086) since C&T 82C230 is 100% compatible of IBM one?

[ghost]

The Sanyo MBC-25 PLUS motherboard is there:
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/sanyo-spc-700b
But the Sanyo MBC-25 PLUS has a PC/AT keyboard port.

[borisvolk117]

The Sanyo MBC-25 PLUS motherboard is there:
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/sanyo-spc-700b
But the Sanyo MBC-25 PLUS has a PC/AT keyboard port.

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=961320
As the author says, it behaves like an XT, so I think it is a pseudo-XT.

[ghost]

Well this is the last 80286 machines I have, the Intel 286 clone BIOS, and the Sanyo MBC-17 PLUS BIOS.
BIOS/ZIP file:
Intel 286 clone and Sanyo MBC-17 PLUS ROMs.zip
(NOTE: Some 2 BIOS files include a readme file before you can check at the BIOS ROMs, plus the Sanyo MBC-17 PLUS folder has included a reference disk.)

The Intel 286 clone BIOS is downloaded on TheRetroWeb, over here:
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/intel-173817-bios-marking

While the Sanyo MBC-17 PLUS BIOS is downloaded at:
https://forum.classic-computing.de/forum/index.php?thread/15558-roms-bios-f%C3%BCr-sanyo-mbc17plus/&pageNo=4

If these BIOS files can be emulated, please let me know in the comments.

[ghost]

The Sanyo MBC-25 PLUS motherboard is there:
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/sanyo-spc-700b
But the Sanyo MBC-25 PLUS has a PC/AT keyboard port.

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=961320 As the author says, it behaves like an XT, so I think it is a pseudo-XT.

It says:
[so, it's a "semi-AT" clone, as it's a 286 @ 12.5 MHz, but with only 8-bit isa slot. but got an onboard ide xt interface, and VGA. it's really a compromised machine...
I got it with original manuals, dos floppy, keyboard, and his box. it's a nice looking little PC, from my personal taste.]

It said it's a semi-AT clone, then why is it a pseudo-XT? Because of the onboard XT Western Digital IDE controller?

[renanbirck]

Would it be possible to add the Microtec 286 (Brazilian-made 286 clone)?

BIOS: https://datassette.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/softwares/microtec_286.zip
Photo of the motherboard: https://datassette.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/softwares/img/microtec_286.jpg

The motherboard is based upon the Headland HT12 chipset, and a datasheet is here

Also, they made an EGA video card based upon the PVGA2A chipset.

[ghost]

Would it be possible to add the Microtec 286 (Brazilian-made 286 clone)?

BIOS: https://datassette.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/softwares/microtec_286.zip Photo of the motherboard: https://datassette.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/softwares/img/microtec_286.jpg

The motherboard is based upon the Headland HT12 chipset, and a datasheet is here

Also, they made an EGA video card based upon the PVGA2A chipset.

What is the BIOS that went with this Microtec 286 machine? AMI BIOS right?

[ghost]

So it's not a AMI BIOS, it is a Microtec BIOS, screenshot using the AMI IBM AT configuration:

[renanbirck]

I think it's a BIOS modified by Microtec since the messages are in Portuguese.

From here, it claims to be an Unicorn ENDAT-286xx, which does have an AMI BIOS judging from the motherboard photos.

[ghost]

But when I check the downloads, it doesn't have the dumped BIOS file. Maybe you can create a ideas discussion all over the discussion page by checking in (New discussion) and press the Ideas button, then name it as (Add support for the Microtec 286 computer).

[TechGuyC]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
No

Describe the solution you'd like

Add this Intel 440BX motherboard:

ASUS MEB-M.zip

[divid3byzer0]

I'd like to request for the Compaq Presario CDS 520 to be added in a future update whenever possible (and if feasible of course).

It was a mid 90s All-In-One from Compaq.

I am not sure if all the required files are in the attached zip, but it was all I could find.

Thanks!

compaq_presario_cds520.zip

[iamgreaser]

I'd like to get the HP Brio 8314 working, considering I have real hardware and am actively reverse-engineering stuff on it:

hpbrio8314-bioses.zip

It's an i440EX+PIIX4(E?)-based Slot 1 system with an onboard S3Trio64V2/DX (86C775) with 2 MB of VRAM (4x V53C16258HK35, 256Kx16 per chip). There are 3 PCI slots, 3 ISA slots, 1 AGP slot, and 2 slots for PC66 RAM (maybe PC100). One PCI slot and one ISA slot apparently share resources somehow so you can only have one or the other in that case.

The Super I/O chipset is an SMC FDC37C675. The 440EX chipset pair is an 82443EX AGPset and an 8231EB PCIset.

HP's user documentation says the RAM only goes up to 128 MB of RAM spread over 2 DIMMs, but I have a single PC133 256MB DIMM and it seems to work... but booting the thing does take an annoyingly long time.

As far as connectivity goes, there are apparently also 2 USB ports, and it uses UHCI.

The attached BIOSes are what I have on that machine. TheRetroWeb does have a later BIOS as part of a BIOS update (1998-04-16) which from what I can tell is suitable for this machine. The one I have attached is from 1998-02-12. We do happen to have a 2.04.11 video BIOS, but the one I have is 2.04.07 - and this one is NOT modified by ASUS, it may actually be stock!

Prior to getting this machine usable, I did have a go using the BIOS update on TheRetroWeb, but it hung on POST code 38 and I couldn't work out where to go next with that one. I'll try with the older BIOS anyway.

PCI dump: (and yes the S3 graphics chip ignores the PCI function number so it appears 8 times, which from glancing at the source code may be correctly emulated already)

00:00.0 = 8086:7180 06000003 Host bridge
00:01.0 = 8086:7181 06040003 PCI-to-PCI bridge, normal decode
00:07.0 = 8086:7110 06010002 ISA bridge
00:07.1 = 8086:7111 01018001 IDE controller, ISA compat mode-only, w/ bus mastering
00:07.2 = 8086:7112 0C030001 USB controller, UHCI
00:07.3 = 8086:7113 06800002 Other kind of bridge (AGP?)
00:14.0 = 5333:8901 03000016 Display controller, VGA-compatible
00:14.1 = 5333:8901 03000016 Ditto
00:14.2 = 5333:8901 03000016 Ditto
00:14.3 = 5333:8901 03000016 Ditto
00:14.4 = 5333:8901 03000016 Ditto
00:14.5 = 5333:8901 03000016 Ditto
00:14.6 = 5333:8901 03000016 Ditto
00:14.7 = 5333:8901 03000016 Ditto

I don't have any PCI devices plugged in, so all those devices are built-in.

EDIT: KBC dump: kbcbrio.zip

[bmunger]

I would like to see support for the Acer Vi9 board. The details and BIOS are here:
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/acer-vi9

[Xuser641]

I would like to see the AST Advantage 622 in 86box. Motherboard is an FM561 from HP. It runs a custom bios which appears to be avalible here: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/bcm-fm561#bios

[mw308]

I would still like to see the Packard Bell Club 9401 (MB FR520/BCM IN530) one day please :) https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/bcm-in530

Also not a machine but please could the Panasonic MKE CD-ROM interface be completed for the MediaVision Prosonic 16 sound card?

[TheDell1998]

I would like to see the Packard Bell Force 442CDT (Intel Advanced/HL) (Hilary) please :)
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/intel-advanced-hl-hillary

[Epictyphlosion]

I would like to see this newer AMI DH12 BIOS for 286 clones added, pretty please. It's from 1990, and is slightly different from the one in 86box already.
https://archive.org/details/ami-286-bios-dh12-1164-083090-k0

[lgj1107]

I have a motherboard with UMC486 that has broken. It would be great if it could be simulated.

BIOS and some pictures：
u5sx.zip

[kzmidze]

BIOS update for PC Partner MB540N.
However this BIOS is still not support ACPI on Windows 2000/XP (will cause 0xA5 BSOD), even the BIOS date is 10 Jun 2003. Tested on 86Box 4.1.1.5642.

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcpartner-mb540n-35-8273-03-35-8273-04#bios

mb540n.zip

[borisvolk117]

Update BIOS for PC Partner MB540N. However this BIOS is still not support ACPI on Windows 2000/XP (will cause A5 BSOD), even the BIOS date is 10 Jun 2003. Tested on 86Box 4.1.1.5642.

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcpartner-mb540n-35-8273-03-35-8273-04#bios

mb540n.zip

This board has only AT-style power connector according to photos and user manual, so I suspect it doesn't support ACPI at all. But why does its BIOS setting have ACPI option and it has AT power connector, not ATX? And this board seems to use several different super IO chips, such as UMC, ITE, SMC and LGS, so......

[kzmidze]

@borisvolk117 According to my test, MB540N machine can support ACPI on Windows 98, but on Windows 2000 will cause 0xA5 BSOD.

[evok410icfw2k8]

( OEM ) Motherboards to be added in the next version of 86box :

• ASUS P2B-VT ( HP Kestral Machines ) : https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-p2b-vt-via-oem
• ASUS MEW-VM ( HP Hawk Machines ) https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-mew-vm
• ASUS MES-VM ( HP Brio BA Series/HP D7580-60xxx/Vectra VEi7 ) : https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/11400
• ASUS CUV-NT ( HP OEM/Pegasus-GT Machines ) : https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/6955
• Compaq 187500-001 ( Compaq Deskpro EN SFF ) : https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/compaq-187500-001
• Compaq Presario 5600 Series Variant 3 : https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/compaq-presario-5600-series-variant-3
• Dell SE440BX-3 ( For Dell Dimension XPS T450 to T850r ) : https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/dell-se440bx-3-seattle-3

[headsetguy37]

@evok410icfw2k8 If I understand correctly, the i810 and i815 chipsets are currently out of scope for 86Box (ICH2 is under its own branch), so the HP Hawk and the Compaq Deskpro EN SFF probably won't happen for a long time. The SiS 620 chipset is also not currently emulated, but there is a datasheet available for it; not sure if that would be out of scope or not. In other words, the MES-VM is a question mark.

[Steveneska]

Could this motherboard be of consideration for the next version too?

Biostar MB-8433UUD-A Rev. 2 or Biostar MB-8440UUD-A Rev. 2
Chipset: UMC UM82C881/ UM8886BF
Socket: Socket 3
BIOS: Award, (revision date: 04/10/1996)