Anybody ever use Bochs?

[MacManiac1224]

Anybody everuse Bochs? If any of you did, is it easy to install? Is it fast? Give me any info that will be helpful. Thanks for the help

[jimthorn]

I'm curious about Bochs too.

Is there an OS X app version of it, or does it need to be compiled?

How well does it run on OS X? I don't mean speed, since I'm aware that it's emulation. I mean, how accurate is the emulation? I'm pretty impressed with Virtual PC, as it runs pretty much anything I throw at it.

Anybody got a screenshot on OS X?

[MisterMe]

Originally posted by jimthorn
I'm curious about Bochs too.

Is there an OS X app version of it, or does it need to be compiled?

How well does it run on OS X? I don't mean speed, since I'm aware that it's emulation. I mean, how accurate is the emulation? I'm pretty impressed with Virtual PC, as it runs pretty much anything I throw at it.

Anybody got a screenshot on OS X? I have run MacBOCHS, the Classic version of the open source emulator. It is not nearly as nice the VPC, SoftPC, or SoftWindows. Just as an example, if you don't have a preconfigured disk image, you have to use DiskDup+ manually create your images. By that, I mean that you have to establish the proper number of cylinders and the proper number of sectors. The user experience is not a strong suit of MacBOCHS. Performance is poor compared to VPC and SoftWindows. As it stands now, BOCHS is really more of a curiosity than a legitimate threat to VPC. It can be found here. (http://bochs.sourceforge.net/)

[jimthorn]

Well, though I enjoy a good challenge, it sounds like it's more work than it's worth right now. Thanks for the info.