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Intel 80486

1989

Intel's 1989 32-bit CPU integrating cache and FPU on-die, a mainstay of early-1990s PCs.

Emulators

EmulatorTypeLicenseSite
BochsdownloadableLGPL-2.1Website ↗
DOSBox ECEdownloadableGPL-2.0Website ↗
DOSBox PuredownloadableGPL-2.0Website ↗
DOSBox StagingdownloadableGPL-2.0Website ↗
DOSBox-XdownloadableGPL-2.0Website ↗
JSLinuxonlineProprietaryWebsite ↗
Microsoft Virtual PCdownloadableFreewareWebsite ↗
PCemdownloadableGPL-2.0Website ↗
QEMUdownloadableGPL-2.0Website ↗
VMware WorkstationdownloadableProprietaryWebsite ↗
VirtualBoxdownloadableGPL-2.0Website ↗

Reference & documentation

External technical references for programming Intel 80486 and for writing emulators.

ResourceTypeNotes
Intel 486DX Data Sheet (Oct 1992) ↗DatasheetOfficial electrical, AC/DC and cycle timing
Embedded Intel486 Processor Family Developer's Manual ↗DatasheetFull family specs, bus, timing, registers
Intel i486 Programmer's Reference Manual - Instruction Set ↗Instruction setFull instruction encodings, opcodes, clock counts
sandpile.org - x86 Two-Byte Opcode Map ↗Instruction set0F opcode map, 486 instructions flagged
Undocumented OpCodes - Robert Collins ↗Instruction setUndocumented 486 opcodes: LOADALL, ICEBP, UMOV, SALC
Intel 486DX Data Sheet - Pinout ↗Pinout168-pin PGA pinout and signal descriptions
Intel i486 Processor Programmer's Reference Manual (1990) ↗ProgrammingCanonical Intel 486 programming manual
8086-80486 Instruction Set Reference (ITU) ↗ProgrammingPer-instruction reference with clock-cycle calculation
Intel Secrets, Bugs, and Undocumented Opcodes ↗Reference486 cache defects, DR7 quirks, hidden registers
Intel 486 Manuals Index - Robert Collins ↗ReferenceIndex of 486 manuals, datasheets, app notes
test386.asm x86 CPU Tester ↗Test suiteNASM BIOS-replacement conformance tester for emulators