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<img src="images/logo.gif" alt="A Window, Tux, and the BSD Daemon" width="160" height="175" align="right">
<BR><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Latest release:</b> Bochs 2.3</font><BR><BR>
<BR><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Latest release:</b> Bochs 2.3.5</font><BR><BR>
About a year after the last stable one we have a new intermediate (bugfix+) release.
Here is the list of changes since version 2.3:
<ul>
<li> Critical problems fixed for x86-64 support in CPU and Bochs internal debugger
<li> ACPI support
<li> The release compiled with x86-64 and ACPI
<li> Hard disk emulation supports ATA-6 (LBA48 addressing, UDMA modes)
<li> Added emulation of Intel SSE4.1 instruction set
<li> Lots of bugfixes
</ul>
The binary packages for Linux and Windows are built with these featues :
<ul>
<li> x86-64 emulation with all optimizations enabled
<li> devices: ACPI, NE2000, PCI, SB16 and USB
<li> video: Bochs VBE and Cirrus SVGA
<li> Linux display libraries: nogui, rfb, sdl, term, x
<li> Windows display libraries: nogui, rfb, win32
</ul>
<BR/>
<a href="http://bochs.cvs.sourceforge.net/bochs/bochs/CHANGES?view=markup&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup&revision=REL_2_3_5_FINAL">
Details on what has changed since version 2.3
</a>
<BR/><BR/>
<BR><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Previous release:</b> Bochs 2.3</font><BR><BR>
About seven months after the last intermediate one we have a new stable release.
Here is the list of changes since version 2.2.6:
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<li> VBE memory size increased to 8MB and several VGA/VBE fixes
<li> updated LGPL'd VGABIOS to version 0.6a
</ul>
The binary packages for Linux and Windows are built with these featues :
<ul>
<li> Pentium III emulation with all optimizations enabled
<li> devices: NE2000, SB16, PCI and USB
<li> video: Bochs VBE and Cirrus SVGA
<li> Linux display libraries: nogui, rfb, sdl, term, x
<li> Windows display libraries: nogui, rfb, win32
</ul>
<BR/>
<a href="http://bochs.cvs.sourceforge.net/bochs/bochs/CHANGES?view=markup&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup&revision=REL_2_3_FINAL">
Details on what has changed since version 2.2.6
</a>
<BR/><BR/>
<BR><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Previous release:</b> Bochs 2.2.6</font><BR><BR>
Version 2.2.6 is an intermediate (bugfix+) release. It includes a lot of bugfixes and a few new features.<BR>
Here is the list of changes since version 2.2.5:
<ul>
<li>first major SMP release !
<ul>
<li>several APIC and I/O APIC fixes make SMP Bochs booting Windows NT4.0 or
Knoppix 4.0.2 without noapic kernel option in SMP configuration
<li>critical APIC timer bug fixed
<li>obsolete SMP BIOS images removed (MP tables created dynamicaly)
<li>determine number of processors in SMP configuration through .bochsrc
<ul>
<li>new .bochsrc option 'CPU' allows to choose number of processors to emulate
<li>new configure option --enable-smp to configure Bochs for SMP support,
<li>the old --enable-processors=N option is deprecated
</ul>
</ul>
<li>CPU and internal debugger fixes
<ul>
<li>enabled #PCE bit in CR4 register, previosly setting of this bit
generated #GP(0) fault
<li>enabled LAHF/SAHF instructions in x86-64 mode
<li>fixed bug in PMULUDQ SSE2 instruction
<li>fixes in Bochs debugger
</ul>
<li>configure and compile
<ul>
<li>enable VME (virtual 8086 mode extensions) by default if cpu-level >= 5
<li>enable Bochs disassembler by default for all configurations
<li>win32 installer script improvements
<li>ips parameter moved to new 'CPU' option
<li>show IPS value in status bar if BX_SHOW_IPS is enabled
</ul>
<li>Other
<ul>
<li>several fixes in the hard drive, keyboard, timer, usb and vga code
<li>new user button shortcut "bksl" (backslash)
<li>updated Bochs instrumentation examples
<li>user and development documentation improved
</ul>
</ul>
<BR/>
<a href="http://bochs.cvs.sourceforge.net/bochs/bochs/CHANGES?view=markup&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup&revision=REL_2_2_6_FINAL">
Details on what has changed since version 2.2.5
</a>
<BR><BR>
<BR><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#1e029a" size="4"><b>Bochs Binary and Source Releases</b></font><BR><BR>

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<tr><td width="140" bgcolor="#aacbff">&nbsp;</td><td bgcolor="#6d95d7" width="400"><font face="arial, helvetica" size="2" color="#1e029a"><center><b>T H E&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C R O S S&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;P L A T F O R M&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I A - 3 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E M U L A T O R</b></center></font></td><td width="100%"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#4079d6" width="50%">&nbsp;</td><td bgcolor="#1e029a" width="50%">&nbsp;</td></tr></table></td></tr>
<tr><td width="140" bgcolor="#6d95d7"><font face="arial, helvetica"><center><b>Current Release:</b><BR><a href="<!--#include virtual="release.txt" -->" class="sidebar"><i><u>Bochs 2.3</u></i></a></font></center></td><td width="400" height="130"><img src="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/images/lgban.gif" width="400" height="130" alt="bochs: think inside the bochs."></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width="140" bgcolor="#6d95d7"><font face="arial, helvetica"><center><b>Current Release:</b><BR><a href="<!--#include virtual="release.txt" -->" class="sidebar"><i><u>Bochs 2.3.5</u></i></a></font></center></td><td width="400" height="130"><img src="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/images/lgban.gif" width="400" height="130" alt="bochs: think inside the bochs."></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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