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Bochs x86 IA-32 Emulator 2.1 Released

Posted by michael on from the curiously-useful dept.

Asmodeus writes "Just noticed that the 2.1 release of the Bochs IA-32 emulator is out at the Bochs home page For those not in the know, Bochs is an open source implementation of the x86 instruction set(s) and a virtual PC (al la VMWare) which is capable of booting FreeDOS and Linux under the host control of another OS."

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  1. Re:Behind the times by RalphBNumbers · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps the person who submitted the article did so from inside Bochs.

    Gotta love that blazing static instruction translation speed! Only a month or so to fire up a web browser and post a /. article.

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  2. XP on X-Box by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally, now I can install windows XP on my xbox!

    (XP on Bochs on linux on xbox)

  3. Re:Windows 98 doesn't even work on it by Luke-Jr · · Score: 2, Funny

    FYI, Windows 98 crashes bad even without BOCHS...

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  4. Re:capable of running serious OSes as well by cujo_1111 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't that the ultimate disgrace for an Alpha system? Maybe Win95 would be worse, but not by much.

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  5. Re:Bochs needs to be re-boxed. by MiniChaz · · Score: 2, Funny

    But the x86 hardware we know and love (hate?) is just "80386 with i486, pentium, athlon, mmx, PCI, USB, ATA etc... hacks around it". :o)