From 6a248ec28efd3d15c667bdacb59ee09376650309 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?David=20Hrdli=C4=8Dka?= Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 01:32:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Create index.md --- index.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 index.md diff --git a/index.md b/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..adeb4b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +layout: default +--- + +**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).