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#Dosbox windows 3.1 16 bit high color mac os
#Dosbox windows 3.1 16 bit high color install
#Dosbox windows 3.1 16 bit high color drivers
#Dosbox windows 3.1 16 bit high color full
#Dosbox windows 3.1 16 bit high color software

At this point, just for fun, I like to open Accessories > Media Player and open canyon.mid.

#Dosbox windows 3.1 16 bit high color software

You should hear the ta-da or chime sound when Windows starts and see a new Audio Software group. Once it is finished, exit DOSBox, then restart it and launch Windows. If you are prompted to replace the MIDIMAP.CFG file, select either “Backup” or “Proceed” and continue the installation.

By default DOSBox uses 7 (it would only be different if you changed it in the nf file), so you’ll need to change it from “5” to “7.”Ĭontinue with the rest of the installation. On the next screen, you must change the Interrupt setting (IRQ) to match DOSBox’s configuration. At the next screen, be sure to set the Microsoft Windows 3.1 path to “C:WINDOWS” before proceeding.

#Dosbox windows 3.1 16 bit high color full

Start up DOSBox, switch to the SB directory and run install.exe.Ĭhoose the full installation.

This will make them available in DOSBox at C:DriversSB.

#Dosbox windows 3.1 16 bit high color drivers

I found instructions and a driver download for the installation process, but in case that link goes down I’m including instructions here.įirst, download the Sound Blaster drivers and unzip them into C:DOSBoxDriversSB.

#Dosbox windows 3.1 16 bit high color install

In order to use this device, we’ll need to install a Sound Blaster driver in Windows 3.1. Installing Sound DriversĭOSBox can emulate several sound devices, including the widely-compatible Sound Blaster 16. We need to install sound and video drivers to get the most out of the Windows 3.1 experience. At this point Windows should load successfully, but without sound. To launch Windows, type cd windows to change to the Windows directory, then type win to start Windows. DOSBox will quit, so you’ll have to start it back up. Just choose “None of the above” and continue with the installation. If you still have DOOM installed from the first post in this series, you may be promted to select the application name for C:DOOMDM.EXE. When prompted to install a printer, select the generic/text printer. Once Windows starts you’ll need to enter a user name. Installing WindowsĪssuming you have already installed and configured DOSBox, start it up, put the Windows 3.1 CD into your optical drive, and switch to the D: drive in DOSBox to run setup.exe. If you don’t have a copy of Windows 3.1, you’ll need to buy it somehow. You could also put the Windows files into a folder such as C:DOSBoxWinInstall instead of using a CD-R (you’ll have to adapt the instructions below if you do). Fortunately I still had a copy of my parents’ Windows 3.1 floppy disks that I was able to transfer to a CD-R for easier access on my PC (I don’t even have a floppy drive in my desktop PC anymore).

#Dosbox windows 3.1 16 bit high color mac os

Click here to download DOSBox 0.74-3 for your Operating System, or to support us with a donation: Looking for a different version, a frontend or a translation? Here's a full list of files: DOSBox (specific versions) Mac OS X.ĭOSBox does not emulate Windows 3.1 by itself, but Windows 3.1x can be installed in DOSBox. Press Enter to install the drivers, select Full Installation, and press Enter again. Run the following commands to launch the Sound Blaster 16 driver installer, assuming you unzipped the folder to c:dossb.

Exit Windows 3.1 by clicking “File” and selecting “Exit Windows” if it’s open in DOSBox.

DOSBox doesn't recognise the windows directory, so type 'c:windowswin' without the quotation marks. To mount it, in DOSBox, type mount c: (directory you unzipped the zip folder) and press ENTER/RETURN.

This is a preinstalled, ready to boot image of Windows 3.1 for DOSBox.

I can remember creating graphics in Paintbrush, playing Solitaire and Minesweeper, listening to audio CDs using the CD-ROM (we didn’t have a CD player back then), and of course playing Windows games (my favorite was King’s Quest VI Enhanced on CD-ROM). It had MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 on its 160MB HDD. My family’s first computer was an AST desktop with an Intel 486SX 25Mhz processor and 4MB of RAM that my parents purchased when I was in grade school. My fixed IP each time I get into DOSBOX=Windows 3.11, because I am using diverted TCP/IP (i call it) from XP, Also I wonder if I run other telnet applications from DOSBox, say clarkson telnet, Do I need to seperately setup DOS drivers as for wfw311?