Checklist
What happened?
-
When booting from the OS/2 J1.33 installation disk, the internal resolution of the emulator window rapidly switches back and forth between approximately 640x480 and 1024x768, with the screen remaining completely black and failing to display the installation program properly. This issue occurs on both machine models supported by the emulator that I tested.
-
After booting the Reference Disk K1.29 floppy into the self-test program, the emulator exhibits keyboard layout-related issues:
- Pressing the Ctrl key or arrow keys (up/down/left/right) is recognized as the Enter key by the self-test program
- Pressing the F1 key is recognized as the ESC key
- Most other keys on the keyboard show no response when pressed
This problem appears to occur specifically when using the self-test program. No such issues were encountered when running the PCDOS installation program.
- IBM DOS J4.01 crashes on startup and displays the error shown below:

Configuration file
[IBM Integrated Fixed Disk and Controller (MCA)]
in_esdi_slot = 0
[General]
confirm_reset = 0
emu_build_num = 6595
host_cpu = AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
uuid = 1b228794-98c9-537e-8778-df8137d84865
vid_renderer = qt_software
[Machine]
cpu_family = i386dx
cpu_multi = 1
cpu_speed = 16000000
cpu_use_dynarec = 0
fpu_type = 387
machine = ibmps55_m50v
mem_size = 16384
time_sync = disabled
[Video]
da2 = 1
gfxcard = internal
[Input devices]
mouse_type = ps2
[Network]
net_01_link = 0
net_02_link = 0
net_03_link = 0
net_04_link = 0
[Storage controllers]
hdc = esdi_integrated_mca
[Hard disks]
hdd_01_esdi_channel = 0
hdd_01_fn = 1.img
hdd_01_parameters = 17, 6, 809, 0, esdi
hdd_01_speed = 2000_7200rpm
[Floppy and CD-ROM drives]
fdd_01_type = 35_2hd
fdd_02_type = 35_2hd
Operating system
Windows 11 24H2
86Box version
v4.3 build 6595
Build architecture
Windows - x64 (64-bit)
Build type
Additional context
No response
Checklist
What happened?
When booting from the OS/2 J1.33 installation disk, the internal resolution of the emulator window rapidly switches back and forth between approximately 640x480 and 1024x768, with the screen remaining completely black and failing to display the installation program properly. This issue occurs on both machine models supported by the emulator that I tested.
After booting the Reference Disk K1.29 floppy into the self-test program, the emulator exhibits keyboard layout-related issues:
This problem appears to occur specifically when using the self-test program. No such issues were encountered when running the PCDOS installation program.
Configuration file
Operating system
Windows 11 24H2
86Box version
v4.3 build 6595
Build architecture
Windows - x64 (64-bit)
Build type
Additional context
No response