Emulation toolkit
Emulation profiles
37 profiles, one for each platform the archive can run. A profile’s version rises whenever its core, configuration or tests change.
| Profile | Platform | Core | Status | Updated | Records online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LZE-CPM-4 | CP/M | lz-z80 | Stable | 2024-12-04 | 103 |
| LZE-APPLE2-6 | Apple II | lz-6502 | Stable | 2026-03-18 | 308 |
| LZE-TRS80-3 | TRS-80 | lz-z80 | Stable | 2024-07-20 | 131 |
| LZE-ATARI8-5 | Atari 8-bit computers | lz-6502 | Stable | 2025-08-17 | 195 |
| LZE-BBC-5 | BBC Micro and Acorn Electron | lz-6502 | Stable | 2025-01-12 | 281 |
| LZE-ZXS-6 | ZX Spectrum | lz-z80 | Stable | 2026-09-10 | 325 |
| LZE-C64-9 | Commodore 64 | lz-6510 | Stable | 2025-02-04 | 483 |
| LZE-MSX-4 | MSX | lz-z80 | Stable | 2024-08-29 | 134 |
| LZE-CPC-5 | Amstrad CPC | lz-z80 | Stable | 2025-02-09 | 199 |
| LZE-AMIGA-7 | Amiga | lz-m68k | Stable | 2025-06-10 | 511 |
| LZE-ATARIST-6 | Atari ST | lz-m68k | Stable | 2026-01-04 | 277 |
| LZE-RISCOS-4 | Acorn Archimedes and RISC OS | lz-arm2 | Stable | 2026-01-27 | 126 |
| LZE-DOS-12 | MS-DOS and PC compatibles | lz-x86 | Stable | 2025-02-15 | 626 |
| LZE-MACOS-8 | Classic Mac OS | lz-m68k | Stable | 2026-09-16 | 362 |
| LZE-OS2-3 | OS/2 | lz-x86 | Stable | 2026-07-27 | 48 |
| LZE-WIN3-6 | Windows 3.x | lz-x86 | Stable | 2026-09-21 | 367 |
| LZE-WINNT-7 | Windows NT, 2000 and XP | lz-x86 | Stable | 2026-09-25 | 150 |
| LZE-WIN9X-9 | Windows 95, 98 and ME | lz-x86 | Stable | 2026-01-23 | 356 |
| LZE-MVS-3 | IBM mainframes | lz-s370 | Stable | 2024-08-17 | 32 |
| LZE-PDP11-3 | PDP-11 and minicomputers | lz-pdp | Stable | 2024-06-19 | 67 |
| LZE-VAX-4 | VAX/VMS | lz-vax | Stable | 2025-12-01 | 45 |
| LZE-UNIX-5 | Unix workstations | lz-risc | Stable | 2024-09-04 | 67 |
| LZE-NEXT-3 | NeXTSTEP | lz-m68k | Stable | 2026-02-19 | 39 |
| LZE-CART-7 | Cartridge consoles | lz-console | Stable | 2024-07-28 | 199 |
| LZE-ARCADE-6 | Arcade boards | lz-arcade | Stable | 2025-06-18 | 156 |
| LZE-HAND-5 | Handheld game systems | lz-console | Stable | 2025-09-11 | 101 |
| LZE-DISC-4 | Disc-based consoles | lz-console | Stable | 2025-07-05 | 114 |
| LZE-EPOC-3 | Psion and EPOC | lz-arm | Stable | 2026-05-02 | 44 |
| LZE-PALM-4 | Palm OS | lz-m68k | Stable | 2026-07-27 | 97 |
| LZE-JME-3 | Feature phones and Java ME | lz-jvm | Stable | 2024-12-13 | 116 |
| LZE-PHONE-1 | Smartphones | lz-arm | Beta | 2025-06-19 | 31 |
| LZE-BBS-4 | Bulletin board systems | lz-x86 | Stable | 2024-11-03 | 164 |
| LZE-WEB1-4 | The early web, to 2004 | lz-browser | Stable | 2024-07-21 | 323 |
| LZE-FLASH-5 | Flash and Shockwave | lz-swf | Stable | 2026-10-07 | 201 |
| LZE-EMBED-2 | Embedded controllers | lz-mcu | Stable | 2025-06-08 | 205 |
| LZE-ANIMAL-2 | Electric companion animals | lz-mcu | Stable | 2026-04-27 | 59 |
| LZE-ROBOT-2 | Household robots | lz-mcu | Stable | 2025-06-25 | 71 |
Migrated, not emulated
Material whose content can be separated from the software that made it is migrated to current formats instead, and the originals are kept unchanged.
| Material | Migrated to | Records online |
|---|---|---|
| Websites and online services | WARC, replayed in the reading room | 172 |
| Organizational records | PDF/A-2b, with the original files kept | 637 |
| Correspondence | EML and PDF/A-2b, with the original mailboxes kept | 368 |
| Personal archives | TIFF, PDF/A-2b and FLAC, with the originals kept | 341 |
| Research data | CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept | 443 |
| Sound recordings | FLAC, 24-bit | 188 |
| Broadcast recordings | FFV1 video in Matroska | 62 |