Software:Windows3x - Revision history

84.154.178.95 at 06:56, 6 April 2010

2010-04-06T06:56:24Z

84.154.178.95 at 06:21, 6 April 2010

2010-04-06T06:21:33Z

WikiSysop: 3.0 3.1 and 3.11 all work. Running windows if for windows programs. Dos programs run them directly from dosbox. CVS removed all support for dos programs under win3.x

2008-02-10T11:43:06Z

3.0 3.1 and 3.11 all work. Running windows if for windows programs. Dos programs run them directly from dosbox. CVS removed all support for dos programs under win3.x

4.249.231.82: /* Issues */

2008-02-09T21:50:09Z

Issues

4.249.231.82: New page: == Overview == Windows 3.x is probably the most useful version of Windows to run under DOSBox, since it has the widest variety of compatible programs. Installation isn't very hard, either....

2008-02-09T21:49:43Z

New page: == Overview == Windows 3.x is probably the most useful version of Windows to run under DOSBox, since it has the widest variety of compatible programs. Installation isn't very hard, either....

New page

== Overview ==
Windows 3.x is probably the most useful version of Windows to run under DOSBox, since it has the widest variety of compatible programs. Installation isn't very hard, either.

== Installation ==

=== Copy the setup files ===
First, you need to actually have a copy of the Windows setup media. If your Windows is on a floppy, create a folder and copy the disk contents to its root and have that folder mounted under DOSBox. (You could also create the folder in your DOSBox's C drive if you have one; this might be preferable if you want to experiment with a ton of driver switching.) If you have a CD-ROM, just mount that.

=== Install Windows ===
* Mount the setup directory, change to it. and run SETUP.EXE.
* Elect to use Custom Setup.
* Select an appropriate installation path (the default should be OK.)
* The hardware probe should provide usable settings. However, I suggest that you use the VGA (Version 3.0) driver instead of the regular VGA driver.
* The setup process should work normally from here. When prompted, elect to return to DOS.
* Create a file in your DOSBox C drive called WIN.BAT with the contents:
<code><pre>PATH C:\WINDOWS;
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
WIN.COM /S</pre></code>
* Restart DOSBox.
* Run C:\WIN.BAT and Windows should load.

=== Sound ===
use control panel and your dosbox.conf to get sound working

== Issues ==
* Running DOS programs in 386 Enhanced mode doesn't work very well at all. QBASIC randomly displays a "Division by zero" error box and eventually locks up hard, for example. Some mode switching problems can be ameliorated by using the VGA (version 3.0) driver.
* The Super VGA driver has a corrupted color palette sometimes.
* This article may not work

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:43, 10 February 2008
Line 24:		Line 24:

	== Issues ==		== Issues ==
−	* Running DOS programs in 386 Enhanced mode doesn't work very well at all. QBASIC randomly displays a "Division by zero" error box and eventually locks up hard, for example. Some mode switching problems can be ameliorated by using the VGA (version 3.0) driver.
	* The Super VGA driver has a corrupted color palette sometimes.		* The Super VGA driver has a corrupted color palette sometimes.
−	* This article may not work if you don't use Windows 3.1.

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 * The setup process should work normally from here. When prompted, elect to return to DOS.
 * Create a file in your DOSBox C drive called WIN.BAT with the contents:
-<code><pre>PATH C:\WINDOWS
+<code><pre>PATH C:\WINDOWS;
 SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
 WIN.COM /S</pre></code>

@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 * Running DOS programs in 386 Enhanced mode doesn't work very well at all. QBASIC randomly displays a "Division by zero" error box and eventually locks up hard, for example. Some mode switching problems can be ameliorated by using the VGA (version 3.0) driver.
 * The Super VGA driver has a corrupted color palette sometimes.
-* This article may not work
+* This article may not work if you don't use Windows 3.1.