0 ▁of ▁Mer ge / 3 8 6 ▁began ▁sh ipping , ▁offered ▁with ▁Micro port ▁Unix ▁System ▁V ▁Release ▁ 3 . ▁▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁ ▁So ft PC ▁ 1 . 0 ▁for ▁Sun ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁by ▁In sign ia ▁Sol utions ▁▁ ▁So ft PC ▁appears ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁version ▁for ▁Apple ▁Mac int osh . ▁These ▁versions ▁( S un ▁and ▁Mac int osh ) ▁only ▁have ▁support ▁for ▁D OS . ▁▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁ ▁IBM ▁introduced ▁OS / 2 ▁ ▁Virtual ▁D OS ▁machine ▁( VD M ) ▁with ▁support ▁for ▁x 8 6 ▁virtual ▁ 8 0 8 6 ▁mode , ▁being ▁capable ▁of ▁virtual ize ▁D OS / Windows ▁and ▁other ▁ 1 6 ▁bits ▁operating ▁systems , ▁like ▁CP / M - 8 6 ▁▁▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁ ▁Kevin ▁Law ton ▁leaves ▁M IT ▁Lincoln ▁Lab ▁and ▁start ▁the ▁Bo chs ▁project . ▁Bo chs ▁was ▁initially ▁c oded ▁for ▁x 8 6 ▁architecture , ▁capable ▁of ▁em ulating ▁B IOS , ▁processor ▁and ▁other ▁x 8 6 - compatible ▁hardware , ▁by ▁simple ▁algorithms , ▁isolated ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁environment , ▁ ▁eventually ▁incorpor ating ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁run ▁different ▁processor ▁algorithms ▁under ▁x 8 6 - architecture ▁or ▁the ▁host , ▁including ▁b ios ▁and ▁core ▁processor ▁( It an ium ▁x 6 4 , ▁x 8 6 _ 6 4 , ▁arm , ▁mi ps , ▁power