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[[File:DOSBox screenshot.png|thumb|upright=1.5|[[DOSBox]] ]]

{{As of|2023}}, available compatible systems are [[FreeDOS]], [[ROM-DOS]], [[PTS-DOS]], [[RxDOS]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rxdos.sourceforge.net/ |title=Home |website=rxdos.sourceforge.net}}</ref> and [[REAL/32]]. Some computer manufacturers, including [[Dell]] and [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]], sell computers with FreeDOS<!-- in the form of [[DRMK]] --> as an [[Original equipment manufacturer|OEM]] operating system. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freedos.org/jhall/blog/?yr=2007 |title=Jim Hall's blog - 2007 |date=2007-07-13 |access-date=2008-06-12 |author-last=Hall |author-first=Jim |author-link=James Hall (programmer) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025185935/http://www.freedos.org/jhall/blog/?yr=2007 |archive-date=2012-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs |title=Dell PCs Featuring FreeDOS |access-date=2008-06-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319090122/http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs |archive-date=2008-03-19}}</ref> {{Update inline|date=January 2024|reason=I could not find freedos computers on dell's website, and it seems likely they stopped selling them since 2008}} And a few developers and computer engineers still use it because it is close to the hardware.{{cncitation needed|date=October 2023}}

==== Embedded systems ====

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{{Main|Device file}}

[[File:Windows Reserved Name Error.png|thumb|right|400px|Error message when attempting to use a reserved name while naming or renaming a file or folder.]]

There are [[Reserved word|reserved]] device names in DOS that cannot be used as filenames regardless of extension as they are occupied by built-in character devices. These restrictions also affect several Windows versions, in some cases causing crashes and security vulnerabilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln1043.html |title=Microsoft Windows MS-DOS Device Name DoS Vulnerability |access-date=2008-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725163840/http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln1043.html |archive-date=2011-07-25}}</ref>

The reserved names are: