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DOS. Can’t think of any other reason.

• okanat 1y ago
  You get better DOS emulation with DOSBox, rather than trying to make the modern peripherals work on a CSM / BIOS system.
  • kevin_thibedeau 1y ago
    DOSBox doesn't give access to real hardware. DOSemu doesn't run well on 64-bit machines. If you need unfettered hardware access, FreeDOS on the bare machine is the best option.
    • mycall 1y ago
      What about using PCem? It does well emulating real hardware.
      • kevin_thibedeau 1y ago
        That does one no good if you need something connected to a parallel port.
    • ale42 1y ago
      Actually it does give some. I'm using old ham radio software like CT9 under Windows 64-bits using DOSBox-X, with the parallel port configured in pass-through mode. DOSBox-X supplies a specific driver for this kind of direct hardware access. Of course not everything will work that way.