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+**86Box** is a hypervisor and IBM PC system emulator that specializes in
+running old operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and
+compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the
+PCI bus.
+
+Features
+--------
+* Easy to use interface
+* Cycle-accurate low level emulation of 8086-based processors up to the Pentium
+* Great range of customizability of virtual machines
+* Many available systems, such as the very first IBM PC 5150 from 1981, or the
+  more obscure IBM PS/2 line of systems based on the Micro Channel Architecture
+* Lots of supported peripherals including video adapters, sound cards, network
+  adapters, hard disk controllers, and SCSI adapters
+* MIDI output to Windows built-in MIDI support, FluidSynth, or emulated Roland
+  synthesizers
+* Supports running MS-DOS, older Windows versions, OS/2, many Linux
+  distributions, or vintage systems such as BeOS or NEXTSTEP, and applications
+  for these systems
+
+Get in touch
+------------
+You can reach us on our IRC channel or our Discord server to discuss anything
+related to retro computing and of course 86Box. We look forward to hearing
+from you!
+
+[![Visit our IRC channel](https://kiwiirc.com/buttons/irc.rol.im/softhistory.png)](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.rol.im/?nick=github|?#softhistory)
+
+[![Visit our Discord server](https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/262614059009048590/embed.png)](https://discord.gg/Es3TnUH)
+
+Licensing
+---------
+86Box is released under the [GNU General Public License, version 2](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html).