First post, by vanfanel
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Hello there,
I found an apparently nice modern computer for DOS usage:
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005003330185279.html
It uses a compatible GPU (Gen7 is supposedly still good for DOS, isn't it??), CPU has no L3 cache, and SBEMU works on it nicely so I even have SoundBlaster audio on it.
However, USB keyboards stops working correctly when I enter any program or game. For example, if I load the classic EDIT.COM, ALT and other special keys stop working, and in games like Doom, ENTER or ESCAPE are ignored so I can't start a new game, etc.
Also, some games like Prince of Persia exhibit small graphical glitches (in demo mode, since keyboard stops responding in game) in torches an other elements... I guess that could be because of the 2.2 GHz CPU.
But compatibility seems to be good! Dune and Dune 2 work nicely (only mouse control available), Duke Nuken 3D also looks and sounds good (without working keyboard input as I said), etc
It seems to have all the video modes required and working.
I contacted the manufacturer in Aliexpress but they claim that DOS compatibility is broken because of the presence of one USB 3.0 port. Does that even make any sense? I have other computers with USB 3.0 where keyboard works perfectly well on DOS.
So, any ideas? Or maybe should I return this computer? I got it specifically for DOS gaming as it seems to use compatible components (for example, in this thread: DOS on a modern PC, it's said that Haswell graphics are adequate / old enough)
