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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.
<BR><BR><BR>
<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>New Release</b></font><BR>
<b>Bochs 1.3.pre1</b> (November 17, 2001):
Bochs 1.3.pre1 is a pre-release of Bochs 1.3.
( <a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/topper.pl?name=Testing+Status&url=http://bochs.sourceforge.net/docs-html/changelog.html">Details</a> - <a href="<!--#include virtual="includes/release.txt" -->">Download Now</a> )
The new features in this version include:
<ul>
<li> add support for MacOS X (Carbon API), BeOS, and Amiga/MorphOS
<li> emulated NE2000 works in Linux and WinNT/2000
<li> read raw CD in Win95/98, read ISO images on any platform
<li> in WinNT/2000, reading from raw floppies is supported
<li> debugger is supported on win32
<li> new text mode configuration menus, as an alternative to editing .bochsrc
<li> runtime configuration menu can change floppy disk images, turn debug logging on/off during simulation
<li> polite panics. If you write "panic: action=ask" in the bochsrc, bochs
will ask you what to do when a panic occurs. Choices include: quit,
continue, or turn off this type of message.
<li> parallel port emulation
<li> new and improved model of PIT (programmable interval timer)
<li> improved control over simulation time: option to stay in sync with real time, and an option to use less CPU time when Bochs is idle.
<li> many small improvements in cpu and device emulation
<li> simpler Win32/VC++ compile process, option to use VC++ workspaces
<li> documentation is about 80% converted to docbook, with many sections
written from scratch.
</ul>
<BR><BR><BR>
<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Current Release</b></font><BR>
<b>Bochs 1.2.1</b> (June 12, 2001):
<b>Previous Release Bochs 1.2.1</b> (June 12, 2001):
Bochs 1.2.1 is a bugfix release based on version 1.2. Bochs 1.2 includes
usability improvements such as improved control over error handling, an
interactive disk image creator, and features including dual hard drive support,
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( <a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/topper.pl?name=Press+Release+for+Bochs+1.2&url=http://bochs.sourceforge.net/bochs-pr-20010604.txt">Press Release</a> - <a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/topper.pl?name=Testing+Status&url=http://bochs.sourceforge.net/docs-html/changelog.html">Details</a> - <a href="<!--#include virtual="includes/release.txt" -->">Download Now</a> )
For the newest features, use the anonymous CVS server version. (<a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/topper.pl?name=Change+Log&url=http://bochs.sourceforge.net/docs-html/cvs-status.html">Details</a> - <a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/topper.pl?name=CVS+Access+Information&url=http://sourceforge.net/cvs/qmrkgroup_ideq12580">More Info</a>)
<BR><BR><BR>
<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Coming soon: Bochs 1.3</b></font><BR>
<b>Bochs 1.3</b> will be released in October or early November. A
<a href="getcurrent.html#latest_snapshot">development snapshot</a> from October
8, 2001 gives you a preview of the newest additions. Please help us test the latest version and see
if your favorite features or least favorite bugs have been fixed.
<BR><BR><BR>
<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Bochs IRC Chat from June 19, 2001</b></font><BR>
The Bochs community held an IRC open discussion chat on Tuesday, June
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<BR><BR>
<font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Latest News</b></font><BR>
<ul>
<li><b>November 17, 2001:</b> <a href="<!--#include virtual="includes/release.txt" -->">Bochs 1.3.pre1</a> is now available.
<li><b>June 24, 2001:</b> Thanks Psyon, Bochs in the CVS now has CD-ROM support under Win9x.
<li><b>June 16, 2001:</b> <a href="<!--#include virtual="includes/release.txt" -->">Bochs 1.2.1</a> is now available.
<li><b>June 3, 2001:</b> <a href="<!--#include virtual="includes/release.txt" -->">Bochs 1.2</a> is now available in both source and binary form. Read all about this major new release over <a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/topper.pl?name=Press+Release+for+Bochs+1.2&url=http://bochs.sourceforge.net/bochs-pr-20010604.txt">here</a>.