Bochs 2.2.1

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 2 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  10,063

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  August 11, 2005

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Publisher's description of Bochs

From The Bochs Project:

Bochs is an 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, Pentium Pro or AMD64 CPU, including optional MMX, SSE, SSE2 and 3DNow! instructions.

Bochs is capable of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux, DOS, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000. But because Bochs emulates every x86 instruction and all the devices in a PC system, it is used extensively for debugging new operating systems. The Bochs debugger lets you simulate quickly or slowly, pausing whenever you want to look at the contents of memory or the CPU registers. Or, if you wanted to study which parts of a program take the most time, you could use Bochs to measure how often certain pieces of the code were executed.

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Editor's review of Bochs

• 4.0 stars

• "Bochs"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Bochs 2.2.1

Suppose you're programming on a Pentium PC but need to test your software on an AMD Athlon. You could use a different workstation, or you could run Bochs, an open-source program for emulating x86 CPUs. Bochs communicates with floppy disks, network cards, COM ports, CD-ROMs, and even the sound devices of the computer it's hosted on. Despite Bochs's very detailed manual, setting up an operating system for a virtual CPU isn't as easy as it is with Virtual PC or VMware. You need to edit the configuration file manually. The good news is you can find ready-made disk images for FreeDOS, several Linux systems, FreeBSD, and Minix. Script kiddies should look elsewhere, but we wholeheartedly recommend Bochs to developers, ultrageeks, and computer-science students.

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  Version: Bochs 2.2.1

  "its free and small"

  by daan_hackman on February 3, 2006

  Pros: its free (open source)

  runs many os like windows,linux etc

  its real small

  many applications r being created for this emulator

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