My family’s first computer was an desktop with an 25Mhz processor and 4MB of RAM that my parents purchased when I was in grade school. It had and on its 160MB HDD. I can remember creating graphics in, playing and, 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 ). DOSBox does not emulate Windows 3.1 by itself, but Windows 3.1x can be installed in DOSBox. 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).

From now on, all it will take to run Windows 3.11 in your DOSBox is - once you mount the directory you extracted the package into. Heh, now once DOSBox gets a network card emulator by default. I can then browse teh interwebs with Netscape Communicator in 3.1 glory!

You could also put the Windows files into a folder such as C: DOSBox WinInstall instead of using a CD-R (you’ll have to adapt the instructions below if you do). If you don’t have a copy of Windows 3.1, you’ll need to. Installing Windows Assuming you have already, 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. Run the Windows setup in DOSBox Run the Express setup.

Once Windows starts you’ll need to enter a user name. When prompted to install a printer, select the generic/text printer. If you still have DOOM installed from the first post in this series, you may be promted to select the application name for C: DOOM DM.EXE. Just choose “None of the above” and continue with the installation. Once it’s complete, select Reboot. DOSBox will quit, so you’ll have to start it back up.

Once the Windows 3.1 setup is complete, select Reboot, then start DOSBox again. To launch Windows, type cd windows to change to the Windows directory, then type win to start Windows. At this point Windows should load successfully, but without sound. We need to install sound and video drivers to get the most out of the Windows 3.1 experience. Installing Sound Drivers DOSBox can emulate several sound devices, including the widely-compatible Sound Blaster 16.

In order to use this device, we’ll need to install a Sound Blaster driver in Windows 3.1. Sibelius 8 torrent mac. I found for the installation process, but in case that link goes down I’m including instructions here. First, and unzip them into C: DOSBox Drivers SB. This will make them available in DOSBox at C: Drivers SB.

Unzip the Sound Blaster drivers to C: DOSBox Drivers SB. Start up DOSBox, switch to the SB directory and run install.exe. Run the Sound Blaster installation. Choose the full installation. At the next screen, be sure to set the Microsoft Windows 3.1 path to “C: WINDOWS” before proceeding. Be sure to set the Windows 3.1 path to C: WINDOWS On the next screen, you must change the Interrupt setting (IRQ) to match DOSBox’s configuration.

By default DOSBox uses 7 (it would only be different if you changed it in the dosbox.conf file), so you’ll need to change it from “5” to “7.” Make sure the Interrupt setting matches how DOSBox is configured. Continue with the rest of the installation. It may take a few minutes to complete. If you are prompted to replace the MIDIMAP.CFG file, select either “Backup” or “Proceed” and continue the installation. Once it is finished, exit DOSBox, then restart it and launch Windows. You should hear the ta-da or chime sound when Windows starts and see a new Audio Software group. At this point, just for fun, I like to open Accessories > Media Player and open canyon.mid.