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PCjs is a IBM PC and PC XT simulator written entirely in JavaScript. It's designed to load and run extremely
fast, it works well in all modern web browsers (both desktop and mobile), and it's easy to customize.
fast, it works well in all modern web browsers (both desktop and mobile), and it's easy to customize. It is part of
the [PCjs Project](https://github.com/jeffpar/pcjs), an open source project on [GitHub](http://github.com/).
Check out the [Demos](/#demos) on the home page, and all the other PCjs [Application](/apps/pc/), [Boot Disk](/disks/pc/)
and [Machine](/configs/pc/machines/) demos, including an IBM PC XT "[Server Array](/configs/pc/machines/5160/cga/256kb/array/)"
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### Future
More hardware suport is targeted for version 1.20.0, including:
More hardware support is targeted for version 1.15, including:
+ Complete EGA emulation
+ 80286 CPU emulation
+ PC AT hardware emulation
Limited EGA emulation is currently available as of version 1.14.0.
Limited EGA emulation is currently available as of version 1.14.
### History
+ v1.14.0 introduced limited EGA emulation, as discussed on our [Blog](/blog/2014/07/30/).
+ v1.13.0 introduced manifest files that describe software packages that can be used with PCjs.
+ v1.15 introduced PC AT (Model 5170) emulation, as discussed on our [Blog](/blog/2014/09/13/).
+ v1.14 introduced limited EGA emulation, as discussed on our [Blog](/blog/2014/07/30/).
+ v1.13 introduced manifest files that describe software packages that can be used with PCjs.
More information on software manifests is available [here](/apps/).
+ v1.12.1 coincided with the first release of the new PCjs web server running on [Node.js](http://nodejs.org).
The new server includes ROM and disk image conversion APIs, as well as a [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax)