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**86Box** is a hypervisor and IBM PC system emulator that specializes in
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running old operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and
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compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the
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PCI bus.
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_Please note that this page is a work in progress._
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Features
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* Easy to use interface
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* Cycle-accurate low level emulation of 8086-based processors up to the Pentium
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* Great range of customizability of virtual machines
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* Many available systems, such as the very first IBM PC 5150 from 1981, or the
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more obscure IBM PS/2 line of systems based on the Micro Channel Architecture
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* Lots of supported peripherals including video adapters, sound cards, network
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adapters, hard disk controllers, and SCSI adapters
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* MIDI output to Windows built-in MIDI support, FluidSynth, or emulated Roland
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synthesizers
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* Supports running MS-DOS, older Windows versions, OS/2, many Linux
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distributions, or vintage systems such as BeOS or NEXTSTEP, and applications
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for these systems
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Downloads
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The latest _stable_ version of 86Box is v1.07, which was released on 21 February
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2017 and is terribly _outdated_. It is instead recommended to use the latest [nightly builds](https://github.com/86Box/86Box#nightly-builds) available from
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our Jenkins instance, which include all features listed above.
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Help
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----
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See [frequently asked questions](faq) for solutions to common problems with
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86Box, or join our IRC or Discord for assistance.
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Get in touch
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You can reach us on our IRC channel or our Discord server to discuss anything
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related to retro computing and of course 86Box. We look forward to hearing
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from you!
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[](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.rol.im/?nick=github?#softhistory)
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[](https://discord.gg/Es3TnUH)
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Licensing
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86Box is released under the [GNU General Public License, version 2](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html).
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