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| Virtual Hardware (front end) | Back end | |
|---|---|---|
| Multiplexed | 1 virtual x86 CPU, with the same instruction set extensions as the underlying hardware CPU | Scheduled by the host operating system on either a uniprocessor or multiprocessor host |
| Up to 512 MB of contiguous DRAM | Allocated and managed by the host OS (page-by-page) |
| Emulated | PCI Bus | Fully emulated compliant PCI bus |
| 4x IDE disks 7x Buslogic SCSI Disks | Virtual disks (stored as files) or direct access to a given raw device | |
| 1x IDE CD-ROM | ISO image or emulated access to the real CD-ROM | |
| 2x 1.44 MB floppy drives | Physical floppy or floppy image | |
| 1x VMware graphics card with VGA and SVGA support | Ran in a window and in full-screen mode. SVGA required VMware SVGA guest driver | |
| 2x serial ports COM1 and COM2 | Connect to host serial port or a file | |
| 1x printer (LPT) | Can connect to host LPT port | |
| 1x keyboard (104-key) | Fully emulated; keycode events are generated when they are received by the VMware application | |
| 1x PS-2 mouse | Same as keyboard | |
| 3x AMD Lance Ethernet cards | Bridge mode and host-only modes | |
| 1x Soundblaster | Fully emulated |