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| Original author(s) | Roger Bowler |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Jay Maynard, Jan Jaeger, David "Fish" Trout, Greg Smith, Bernard van der Helm, Ivan Warren, and others[1] |
| Initial release | 1999 |
| Final release | 3.13
/ 29 September 2017 |
| Preview release | 4.0.0-rc0
/ December 16, 2016 |
| Repository | 3.xx spinhawk 4.0 hyperion |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Emulator |
| License | Q Public License |
| Website | www |
| Developer(s) | Jay Maynard, Jan Jaeger, David "Fish" Trout, Greg Smith, Bernard van der Helm, Ivan Warren, and others[2] |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 4.7.0
/ March 10, 2024 |
| Repository | github |
| Predecessor | Hercules 4.0.0 Release Candidate 0 |
| Website | sdl-hercules-390 |
Hercules is a computer emulator allowing software written for IBM mainframe computers (System/370, System/390, and zSeries/System z) and for plug compatible mainframes (such as Amdahl machines) to run on other types of computer hardware, notably on low-cost personal computers. Development started in 1999 by Roger Bowler, a mainframe systems programmer.
Hercules runs under multiple parent operating systems including Linux, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, and macOS and is released under the open source software license QPL.[3] It is analogous to Bochs and QEMU in that it emulates CPU instructions and select peripheral devices only. A vendor (or distributor) must still provide an operating system, and the user must install it. Hercules was the first mainframe emulator to incorporate 64-bit z/Architecture support.