^^ Some interesting points. Thanks

Well, you could do as I plan to do in the upcoming future: build a PC for any Intel processor appeared on the market since the 8088. So you would install DOS on a lot of them :-P

Have you tried DOSBox's dynamic recompiler core? I'm not sure if it's the default in the latest version or not, but it worth a try to see if your game can handle it (or if it can handle your game). It worked great for Duke 3D, I could play it well in hires vesa modes too.

Just look for "core=normal" in your .ini file and change it to "core=dynamic".

The only reason you'd want to do this is as a collector. Anything below a 486 is not going to run your games any better. There might be some merit to building 486 DX or DX2, Pentium/Pro and Pentium III machines if you don't want to run MoSlo, but I can't see any reason to build anything lower than that if all you want it for is gaming

That's my reason :-P

I love dos box

i have been thinking about building a computer to run windows 95/98 so i can play some of my old games

100 Percent agree. The most recent builds of DOSBOX have eliminated a lot of the issues the earlier builds had with certain games (like the Build engines games..Duke 3d and Company) and if you have a powerful enough CPU you can pretty much any DOS game on DOSBOX with a bit of tweaking as to the best DOSBOX settings.
BUt getting Early WIndows..and not so Early WIndows games to run on a current rig is a real Bitch...
I am not sure that VIrtual COmputers are a total solution since a lot of the problems with earlier Windows game are video card issues, and those will remain the same no matter what Version of Windows you use. A friend of mine set up a Win 98 SE Virutal computer on his machine in order to specifically run Total War Shogun and Total War Medieval I and found out that he still has the same game stopping issue with his VIdeo Cards.
But I recommend building a Win 98SE computer instead of a DOS computer. With WIndoes 98 you get DOS, and you can always boot up in DOS.
You might still need boot disks for some DOS game though, simpy because of memory issues.

They certainly are not a complete solution right now, not at all. I am just saying if virtual machines progress over the years like DosBox did, or like console emulators do, then eventually they might cover pretty much all the bases one would need covered.

It will take a lot of work from a lot of people who probably make little or nothing from it, but I think the gaming community, and software community, has proven they are up to the task. God bless 'em.

What we need is a virtual machine NOT developed by slow moving corporate and OS company interests, but by private groups of individuals.