Latest Release: Bochs 1.4.1

Bochs 1.4.1 (June 23, 2002): Bochs 1.4.1 is the latest release of Bochs. This version is a maintenence release of the Bochs 1.4.x series, which premiered in Spring 2002. The 1.4.x series delivers features that many people have been wishing for: booting from a CDROM, VESA BIOS Extensions, improved networking, keyboard mapping for non-US keyboards, and a working serial port. You'll notice several new buttons on the GUI, copy, paste, and snapshot, which let you copy text between the system clipboard and the Bochs screen. And we have a new cross-platform interface using a library called SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer). Give it a spin!

BOCHS BINARIES
All binaries include Bochs plus a 10 mb disk image of DLX Linux to get you started.

• ZIP file with Binaries for all x86 Win32 Systems (3.5meg), includes bochsdbg.exe with debugger enabled
• RPM Binary for all RPM-based Linux x86 Distributions (1.8m)
• Solaris x86 Package (1.9m)
• ZIP file with binaries for Windows NT on Alpha (2.2m)

BOCHS SOURCE
Because Bochs is a cross-platform application, it can be compiled for many platforms in addition to the ones for which binaries are provided. If your platform can run the configure script, you can use the tarball. If you're running Linux and your system can read RPMs, you can try installing from a source RPM. If you're compiling for Win32 with Microsoft VC++, the ZIP file contains sources that have already been configured for you so you can go directly to the compile step. For detailed compile instructions see the User Guide in the new documentation.

• GZIPPED TARBALL file containing source code (1.4meg)
• RPM Source (1.4meg)
• ZIP containing source code configured for Win32/VC++ (1.8meg)

NOTE: We depend on volunteers to provide binaries for most platforms. If your platform is missing, you can compile from sources or use a binary from a previous version. To get your binary onto our site, send it to Bryce in an email.
Previous Series: Bochs 1.3

Bochs 1.3 (December 10, 2001): Bochs 1.3 is a major upgrade release to Bochs 1.2. New features include:

• add support for MacOS X (Carbon API), BeOS, and AmigaOS/MorphOS
• emulated NE2000 works in Linux and WinNT/2000
• read raw CD in Win95/98, read ISO images on any platform
• in WinNT/2000, reading from raw floppies is supported
• debugger is supported on win32
• new text mode configuration menus, as an alternative to editing .bochsrc
• runtime configuration menu can change floppy disk images, turn debug logging on/off during simulation
• 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.
• parallel port emulation
• new and improved model of PIT (programmable interval timer)
• 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.
• many small improvements in cpu and device emulation
• simpler Win32/VC++ compile process, option to use VC++ workspaces
• documentation is about 80% converted to docbook, with many sections written from scratch.

BOCHS BINARIES
All binaries include Bochs plus a 10 mb disk image of DLX Linux to get you started.

• ZIP file with Binaries for all x86 Win32 Systems (3.3m), includes bochsdbg.exe with debugger enabled
• RPM Binary for all RPM-based Linux x86 Distributions (1.8m)
• LHA with binary for MorphOS (490k)

BOCHS SOURCE
Because Bochs is a cross-platform application, it can be compiled for many platforms in addition to the ones for which binaries are provided. If your platform can run the configure script, you can use the tarball. If you're running Linux and your system can read RPMs, you can try installing from a source RPM. If you're compiling for Win32 with Microsoft VC++, the ZIP file contains sources that have already been configured for you so you can go directly to the compile step. For detailed compile instructions see the User Guide in the new documentation.

• GZIPPED TARBALL file containing source code (1.1meg)
• RPM Source (2.4meg)
• ZIP containing source code configured for Win32/VC++ (1.4meg)

NOTE: We depend on volunteers to provide binaries for most platforms. If your platform is missing, you can compile from sources or use a binary from a previous version. To get your binary onto our site, send it to Bryce in an email.

BOCHS DOCUMENTATION
The Bochs documentation is in the process of being converted to Docbook. Since this transition is not yet complete, the old HTML documentation is still included in all source and binary distributions of 1.3. For now, the new documentation is in a separate package, which you can download here. Of course, you can still read the old documentation or new documentation online.

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Bochs 1.2.1

Bochs 1.2.1 (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, multiple processor emulation (SMP), and VNC remote viewer mode. ( Details )

BOCHS BINARIES
All binaries include Bochs plus a 10 mb disk image of DLX Linux to get you started.

• ZIP file with Binaries for all x86 Win32 Systems (1.7m)
• ZIP file with Binaries for Alpha Win32 Systems (456k), contributed by Michael Rich
• RPM Binary for all RPM-based Linux x86 Distributions (1.8m)
• RPM Binary for all RPM-based Linux Alpha Distributions (1.8m)
• RPM Binary for all RPM-based Linux PPC Distributions (1.8m), contributed by Anders Nielsen
• DEB package for Debian i386 platforms (1.8m), contributed by Rob Lemley
• ZIP containing binaries for BeOS (300k), contributed by Bernd Korz at insidebeos.com
• StuffIt Archive containing binaries for MacOS X (2.3 meg), ported by Emmanuel Mailliard, contributed by Bryce Denney

If you are wishing that there was a binary release for your platform, so do we! Contact Bryce Denney if you would like to help support binaries on your machine.

BOCHS SOURCE
Because Bochs is a cross-platform application, it is distributed as source code in a TAR file. The primary file to download contains the Bochs sources, documentation, and the custom BIOS file. If you are using a UNIX platform, this is all you need. For Windows or Mac, because you cannot run the configure script on your machine to generate Makefiles, you will also need to grab a package of Makefiles, which are distributed separately.

• RPM Source (867k)
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• ZIP file with Makefiles for Mac (20k)
• ZIP file with Makefiles for Windows VC++ (20k)

Download CVS Snapshot

CVS Snapshot: Bochs, like many other open source projects, uses CVS (Concurrent Version System) to keep track of source code. Unlike the current release, the CVS version of the sources contains everything the developers have written to this date, and it can change daily (or even hourly). As a result, the CVS version of Bochs will have more features and bug fixes than the release, but also it may be somewhat less stable. You can decide if you prefer to go exploring and try out our newest code, or stick with the better-tested release. Since the CVS sources are always in motion, we take a snapshot each night at some late hour after most developers should be in bed.

The CVS snapshots are provided as a convenience only. Of course, you could also get the same information using CVS itself. Some of the benefits of using CVS directly are: you can get any release or version, view the log messages that say what files were changed, and make patches very easily with "cvs diff -u". Last Modified on .