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Minor grammar improvements in README and user.dbk documentation (#323)
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Minor improvements to English grammar in documentation files.
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simoc committed May 30, 2024
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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions bochs/README
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Expand Up @@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ Bochs is a highly portable 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. Bochs can be compiled to emulate many different x86 CPUs,
from early 386 to the most recent x86-64 Intel and AMD processors
which may even not reached the market yet. Bochs is capable of running
most Operating Systems inside the emulation, for example DOS,
Linux or Windows. Bochs was written by Kevin Lawton and is currently
maintained by the Bochs project at "https://bochs.sourceforge.io".
from early 386 to the most recent (sometimes even pre-market) x86-64
Intel and AMD processors. Bochs is capable of running most Operating
Systems inside the emulation, for example DOS, Linux or Windows. Bochs
was written by Kevin Lawton and is currently maintained by the Bochs
project at "https://bochs.sourceforge.io".

Bochs can be compiled and used in a variety of modes, some which are
still in development. The 'typical' use of bochs is to provide
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions bochs/doc/docbook/user/user.dbk
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Expand Up @@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ This is the top level file for the bochs Users Manual.
Bochs is a program that simulates a complete Intel x86 computer.
It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices,
and a custom BIOS. Bochs can be compiled to emulate many different
x86 CPUs, from early 386 to the most recent x86-64 Intel and AMD
processors which may even not reached the market yet.
x86 CPUs, from early 386 to the most recent (sometimes even pre-market)
x86-64 Intel and AMD processors.

Bochs interprets every instruction from power-up to reboot, and has
device models for all of the standard PC peripherals: keyboard, mouse,
VGA card/monitor, disks, timer chips, network card, etc. Because Bochs
simulates the whole PC environment, the software running in the simulation
"believes" it is running on a real machine. This approach allows Bochs
to run a wide variety of software with no modification, include most popular
to run a wide variety of software with no modification, including most popular
x86 operating systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP and Vista, all Linux flavors,
all BSD flavors, and more.
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