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Check out MS-DOS running natively on modern hardware, showcasing the incredible backward compatibility of x86 [TechSpot]
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The video, posted by YouTuber Inkbox, walks viewers through the process of booting up the ancient, pre-Windows MS-DOS 8.0 and installing games like the original Doom from 1993 on a system powered by an Intel CPU. The 16-bit code is all natively executed with zero software emulation required.