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With DOSBox-X, and probably some other DOS emulators as well, you can set up any SVGA BIOS graphics modes you want to (up to at least 32-bit color with 16-bit i
by 2mlWQbCK 2y ago
With DOSBox-X, and probably some other DOS emulators as well, you can set up any SVGA BIOS graphics modes you want to (up to at least 32-bit color with 16-bit integers for screen width and height), so a DOS application using just the standard BIOS functions can run in fullscreen on a modern monitor.
A bit trickier if you want to run on real hardware, especially since BIOS support is basically gone now. Not sure how old hardware you have to go back to to even boot up FreeDOS. I ran it on some late 00's hardware and everything runs insanely fast. I did not remember computers could be that responsive and not annoying to use.
- zozbot234 2y agoYou can still run it "on real hardware" by booting a VM. This saves the overhead of CPU emulation, though hardware access may still be slow.
- korhojoa 2y agoIt still runs on modern hardware. It'll depend on a few things if it works or not. Usual case is that CSM/bios boot support is missing.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoI have FreeDOS installed on my Ryzen machine. It runs okay except that modern video hardware doesn't dependably support classic C/E/VGA modes.
- DrillShopper 2y agoHow do you handle sound?
- skhr0680 2y agoMacs could boot from BIOS until circa 2017, and had no trouble booting from a FreeDOS live disc.