It looks like he only wants to emulate 8086, so ACPI and booting Windows/Linux are not a possibility.
Not saying that its simple to implement an 8086, but it should be significantly easier than implementing an 80386/80486 (which is what one would expect today as a minimum when referring to it as x86).
Not saying that its simple to implement an 8086, but it should be significantly easier than implementing an 80386/80486 (which is what one would expect today as a minimum when referring to it as x86).