Yes, real hardware that's a few years old is best. And depending on where you live, I also recommend the Pocket 386, which is a real '386 in a tiny "micro-laptop" form factor (too small to comfortably type on, but you can add a PS/2 keyboard and that works for me.)
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805356267711.html The website is showing $321(US) right now. I bought mine before the t*rrif stupidity for $200. On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM Louis Santillan via Freedos-user <[email protected]> wrote: > > You might do well to find a 10+ year old Dell or HP desktop. Depending > on the hardware and software compatibility you need and area you live > in, you should be able to find such devices inexpensively or even free > as e-waste of public schools or old business machines. > > I have collected several Dell Optiplex 780, 790, 9010, 9020 and they > all work well with booting DOS from USB drive as a starting point. > These machines can switch between UEFI and BIOS boot mode and you can > find DOS drivers for their built in sound and Ethernet hardware. Their > BIOS is also well suited to boot from USB drives and adapters. > _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
