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 <BR><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Welcome to the Bochs IA-32 Emulator Project</b></font><BR>

 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator
 written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms.  It includes emulation of the
 Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Currently, Bochs can be compiled
 to emulate a 386, 486, Pentium/PentiumII/PentiumIII/Pentium4 or x86-64 CPU including optional MMX,
 SSEx and 3DNow! instructions.<BR>
 Bochs is capable of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux, DOS,
 Windows&reg; 95/98 and Windows&reg; NT/2000/XP or Windows Vista. Bochs was written by Kevin Lawton 
 and is currently maintained by this project.<BR>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bochs can be compiled and used in a variety of modes, some which are
 still in development. The 'typical' use of bochs is to provide complete x86 PC emulation,
 including the x86 processor, hardware devices, and memory. This allows you to run OS's and
 software within the emulator on your workstation, much like you have a machine inside of a
 machine. For instance, let's say your workstation is a Unix/X11 workstation, but you want to run
 Win'95 applications. Bochs will allow you to run Win 95 and associated software on your Unix/X11
 workstation, displaying a window on your workstation, simulating a monitor on a PC.

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<td> <img src="images/bochs2_4.png" alt="Bochs 2.4.5"></td>
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<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Bochs 2.4.5 released on April 25, 2010</b></font><BR>
Bochs 2.4.5 was released on April 25th, 2010.  You can download it from the
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/files/bochs/2.4.5/">SourceForge project page</a>.<BR>
See the <a href="http://bochs.cvs.sourceforge.net/bochs/bochs/CHANGES?view=markup&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup&revision=REL_2_4_5_FINAL">
CHANGES</a> file for details on what has changed since release 2.4.2<BR>
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<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Bochs IRC Chat Transcripts</b></font><BR>
The Bochs community held an IRC open discussion chat on Sunday, February 1, 2004.
We talked about current and future developments  (<a href="irc-20040201.html">Transcript</a>).  Here are some transcripts of earlier conversations: 
<a href="irc-20020407.html">October&nbsp;13,&nbsp;2002</a>,
<a href="irc-20020407.html">April&nbsp;7,&nbsp;2002</a>,
<a href="irc-20010619.html">June&nbsp;19,&nbsp;2001</a>,
<a href="irc-20010530.html">May&nbsp;30,&nbsp;2001</a>.

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<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Bochs at ISCA-35</b></font><BR>
Bochs was presented at ISCA-35 in Beijing, China at
"The 1st Workshop on Architectural and Microarchitectural Support for Binary Translation" by a paper
<br><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="2"><b>
"Virtualization without direct execution - designing a portable VM".</b></font>
<br>Download <a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/Virtualization_Without_Hardware_Final.pdf">paper</a> and <a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/VirtNoJit.pdf">presentation</a> slides.

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<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Help Wanted</b></font><BR>
<i>We currently need help with the following tasks:</i>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/topper.pl?name=Bugs+Waiting+to+be+Fixed&url=http://sourceforge.net/tracker/qmrkgroup_ideq12580ampatideq112580">
Bug Reports</a>:
Mouse, interrupt controller,
timer, IDE controller, network card, keyboard, VGA...  Most of our bug
reports and feature requests are due to incomplete C++ models of the
various PC devices.  To improve this, we need PC Hardware Gurus who know
where to find the specs for this stuff and improve the hardware models for
Bochs.  Working on models is a fun way to learn how things work, and unlike
designing a real hard disk, you can test out your changes on a real operating
system immediately!
<li><a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/diskimages.html">Disk Images</a>: Our collection of disk images is getting out of date.  It would be great to have small or large images of a variety of free operating systems.
<li>Documentation: Adding installation help and other useful information into the docs.
</ul>
To help with one of these tasks, please contact <a href="http://sourceforge.net/sendmessage.php?touser=376477">Volker Ruppert</a>
or <a href="http://sourceforge.net/sendmessage.php?touser=487634">Stanislav Shwartsman</a>.
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<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Older News</b></font><BR>
<ul>
  <li><b>April, 2010:</b> After long time Bochs is back to top 25 of SourceForce projects !
  <li><b>April 25, 2010:</b> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/files/bochs/2.4.5/">Bochs 2.4.5</a> is now available.
  <li><b>November 12, 2009:</b> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/files/bochs/2.4.2/">Bochs 2.4.2</a> is now available.
  <li><b>June 7, 2009:</b> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/files/bochs/2.4.1/">Bochs 2.4.1</a> is now available.
  <li><b>May 3, 2009:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=680001">Bochs 2.4</a> is now available.
  <li><b>June 3, 2008:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=604138">Bochs 2.3.7</a> is now available.
  <li><b>December 24, 2007:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=563831">Bochs 2.3.6</a> is now available.
  <li><b>September 16, 2007:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=539829">Bochs 2.3.5</a> is now available.
  <li><b>August 27, 2006:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=442658">Bochs 2.3</a> is now available.
  <li><b>January 29, 2006:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=389181">Bochs 2.2.6</a> is now available.
  <li><b>December 30, 2005:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=381709">Bochs 2.2.5</a> is now available.
  <li><b>July 8, 2005:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=340639">Bochs 2.2.1</a> is now available.
  <li><b>May 28, 2005:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=330621">Bochs 2.2</a> is now available.
  <li><b>August 1, 2004:</b> Bochs is SF project of the month for August 2004 !
  <li><b>February 8, 2004:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=215733">Bochs 2.1.1</a> is now available.
  <li><b>January 13, 2004:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=209220">Bochs 2.1</a> is now available.
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- description updated 2005-08-08 21:16:38 +04:00			`    Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator`
			`written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the`
			`Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Currently, Bochs can be compiled`
Update sfsite - need to upload it to the webpage 2007-09-16 20:39:30 +04:00			`to emulate a 386, 486, Pentium/PentiumII/PentiumIII/Pentium4 or x86-64 CPU including optional MMX,`
			`SSEx and 3DNow! instructions.<BR>`
- description updated 2005-08-08 21:16:38 +04:00			`Bochs is capable of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux, DOS,`
Update sfsite - need to upload it to the webpage 2007-09-16 20:39:30 +04:00			`Windows® 95/98 and Windows® NT/2000/XP or Windows Vista. Bochs was written by Kevin Lawton`
			`and is currently maintained by this project.<BR>`
- check web files into CVS 2001-06-17 08:14:28 +04:00			`    Bochs can be compiled and used in a variety of modes, some which are`
			`still in development. The 'typical' use of bochs is to provide complete x86 PC emulation,`
			`including the x86 processor, hardware devices, and memory. This allows you to run OS's and`
			`software within the emulator on your workstation, much like you have a machine inside of a`
			`machine. For instance, let's say your workstation is a Unix/X11 workstation, but you want to run`
			`Win'95 applications. Bochs will allow you to run Win 95 and associated software on your Unix/X11`
			`workstation, displaying a window on your workstation, simulating a monitor on a PC.`
- add link on main page to the oct 8 snapshot 2001-10-09 08:41:43 +04:00
- add page of info about release 2.0 2002-10-13 22:55:18 +04:00			`<BR><BR><BR>`
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Update homepage 2010-04-25 21:34:11 +04:00			`<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Bochs 2.4.5 released on April 25, 2010</b></font><BR>`
			`Bochs 2.4.5 was released on April 25th, 2010. You can download it from the`
			`<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/files/bochs/2.4.5/">SourceForge project page</a>.<BR>`
			`See the <a href="http://bochs.cvs.sourceforge.net/bochs/bochs/CHANGES?view=markup&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup&revision=REL_2_4_5_FINAL">`
prev release was 2.4.2 2010-04-25 23:17:54 +04:00			`CHANGES</a> file for details on what has changed since release 2.4.2<BR>`
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- add latest irc chat transcript 2004-02-06 03:55:46 +03:00			`The Bochs community held an IRC open discussion chat on Sunday, February 1, 2004.`
			`We talked about current and future developments (<a href="irc-20040201.html">Transcript</a>). Here are some transcripts of earlier conversations:`
			`<a href="irc-20020407.html">October 13, 2002</a>,`
- fix date of previous irc conversation 2002-10-22 07:00:14 +04:00			`<a href="irc-20020407.html">April 7, 2002</a>,`
- post irc chat log on web site - modified: index.html release2_0.html - added: irc-20021013.html 2002-10-14 16:37:49 +04:00			`<a href="irc-20010619.html">June 19, 2001</a>,`
			`<a href="irc-20010530.html">May 30, 2001</a>.`
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			`<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Bochs at ISCA-35</b></font><BR>`
Added links to the paper 2008-06-23 21:21:41 +04:00			`Bochs was presented at ISCA-35 in Beijing, China at`
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Added links to the paper 2008-06-23 21:21:41 +04:00			`<br><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="2"><b>`
Updated TESTFORMS - added announcement about Bochs at ISCA-35 2008-06-23 20:43:28 +04:00			`"Virtualization without direct execution - designing a portable VM".</b></font>`
Added links to the paper 2008-06-23 21:21:41 +04:00			`<br>Download <a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/Virtualization_Without_Hardware_Final.pdf">paper</a> and <a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/VirtNoJit.pdf">presentation</a> slides.`
Updated TESTFORMS - added announcement about Bochs at ISCA-35 2008-06-23 20:43:28 +04:00
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			`<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Help Wanted</b></font><BR>`
			`<i>We currently need help with the following tasks:</i>`
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- fixed link name to bug tracker 2005-01-05 20:25:27 +03:00			`<li><a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/topper.pl?name=Bugs+Waiting+to+be+Fixed&url=http://sourceforge.net/tracker/qmrkgroup_ideq12580ampatideq112580">`
			`Bug Reports</a>:`
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			`timer, IDE controller, network card, keyboard, VGA... Most of our bug`
			`reports and feature requests are due to incomplete C++ models of the`
			`various PC devices. To improve this, we need PC Hardware Gurus who know`
			`where to find the specs for this stuff and improve the hardware models for`
			`Bochs. Working on models is a fun way to learn how things work, and unlike`
			`designing a real hard disk, you can test out your changes on a real operating`
			`system immediately!`
- give up on testing status page, for now - remove link to obsolete documentation task - add task "cleaning up disk images" 2002-10-01 01:01:04 +04:00			`<li><a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/diskimages.html">Disk Images</a>: Our collection of disk images is getting out of date. It would be great to have small or large images of a variety of free operating systems.`
			`<li>Documentation: Adding installation help and other useful information into the docs.`
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- updated contact links 2009-05-06 00:38:12 +04:00			`To help with one of these tasks, please contact <a href="http://sourceforge.net/sendmessage.php?touser=376477">Volker Ruppert</a>`
			`or <a href="http://sourceforge.net/sendmessage.php?touser=487634">Stanislav Shwartsman</a>.`
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- updates for 2.1 2004-01-13 00:17:39 +03:00			`<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Older News</b></font><BR>`
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Update project news 2010-05-01 14:10:09 +04:00			`<li><b>April, 2010:</b> After long time Bochs is back to top 25 of SourceForce projects !`
			`<li><b>April 25, 2010:</b> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/files/bochs/2.4.5/">Bochs 2.4.5</a> is now available.`
Update homepage 2010-04-25 21:34:11 +04:00			`<li><b>November 12, 2009:</b> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/files/bochs/2.4.2/">Bochs 2.4.2</a> is now available.`
			`<li><b>June 7, 2009:</b> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/files/bochs/2.4.1/">Bochs 2.4.1</a> is now available.`
- updated after release 2.4.1 (part #1) 2009-06-08 21:22:36 +04:00			`<li><b>May 3, 2009:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=680001">Bochs 2.4</a> is now available.`
- preparing for release 2.4 2009-04-12 12:59:38 +04:00			`<li><b>June 3, 2008:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=604138">Bochs 2.3.7</a> is now available.`
- updates after release 2.3.7 (part #1) 2008-06-04 21:08:55 +04:00			`<li><b>December 24, 2007:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=563831">Bochs 2.3.6</a> is now available.`
- first step of updates for release 2.3.6 2007-12-25 00:27:09 +03:00			`<li><b>September 16, 2007:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=539829">Bochs 2.3.5</a> is now available.`
Update sfsite - need to upload it to the webpage 2007-09-16 20:39:30 +04:00			`<li><b>August 27, 2006:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=442658">Bochs 2.3</a> is now available.`
- preparing for release 2.3 2006-08-20 20:27:44 +04:00			`<li><b>January 29, 2006:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=389181">Bochs 2.2.6</a> is now available.`
- updates after Bochs 2.2.6 release 2006-01-29 22:57:55 +03:00			`<li><b>December 30, 2005:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=381709">Bochs 2.2.5</a> is now available.`
- updates for release 2.2.5 2005-12-30 20:41:28 +03:00			`<li><b>July 8, 2005:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=340639">Bochs 2.2.1</a> is now available.`
			`<li><b>May 28, 2005:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=330621">Bochs 2.2</a> is now available.`
Update news on Bochs website 2005-03-13 21:46:37 +03:00			`<li><b>August 1, 2004:</b> Bochs is SF project of the month for August 2004 !`
- updates for release 2.2.5 2005-12-30 20:41:28 +03:00			`<li><b>February 8, 2004:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=215733">Bochs 2.1.1</a> is now available.`
			`<li><b>January 13, 2004:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580&package_id=17475&release_id=209220">Bochs 2.1</a> is now available.`
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