The big problem is that 64-bit x86 long mode removes the V86 mode that made DOS 386 memory managers possible.
This is why the DOSemu project has been doing a multi-year rewrite: to create a new, full-VM-based DOSemu2 that can run DOS without emulation on x86-64 machines.
This is why the DOSemu project has been doing a multi-year rewrite: to create a new, full-VM-based DOSemu2 that can run DOS without emulation on x86-64 machines.
https://github.com/dosemu2/dosemu2/wiki