A Good DOS Machine?

Appleboy45 · October 23, 2016

I am looking for a old DOS machine. Probably something made in the '80s or early '90s. Anything in the time of DOS and can play DOS games decently. What what system(s) would you recommend? And I want it pre-built. Not one I have to build.

Appleboy45 · October 23, 2016

Just now, wrathoftheturkey said:

Dude.... No. Just use a virtual machine

Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me. And I also want REAL hardware.

mariushm · October 23, 2016

If you hit eBay you can still find Socket 7 and Super Socket 7 motherboards which will accept AMD k5, k6 and K6-2 and pentium mmx chips which you can configure at around 100-233 mhz,which is probably the maximum you'd want for DOS games. Some of those boards will even have ATX connectors so you won't have to buy old style AT power supplies, and they probably have SDRAM slots (instead of EDO or FPM memories as it was common with 486 boards)

With some downclocking you may be able to build a DOS machine with a Socket A motherboard and some Duron chip ... those motherboards should be more easy to find.