It is designed by the digital preservation community to make sure that documents and programs from the past can still be experienced in the future. Dioscuri is durable and component-based.

Dioscuri version 0.3.0 has been released! This version supports 16-bit and 32-bit processing and is capable of running MS Windows 3.0 and other 32-bit applications. The emulated 32-bit CPU is taken from the JPC project with whom the Dioscuri project team has been cooperating. The new features of this release are:

* 16-bit and 32-bit X86-based CPU (real-address and protected mode)
* Added serial mouse support (experimental)
* Added serial port (UART 16550A with COM-ports 1 to 4)
* Fixed minor bugs in modules CPU, DMA, PIC
* Updated GUI

For an overview of the full change history, please check the changelog.