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.” Make sure the Interrupt setting matches how DOSBox is configured.Ĭontinue with the rest of the installation. On the next screen, you must change the Interrupt setting (IRQ) to match DOSBox’s configuration. Be sure to set the Windows 3.1 path to C:\WINDOWS At the next screen, be sure to set the Microsoft Windows 3.1 path to “C:\WINDOWS” before proceeding. Run the Sound Blaster installation.Ĭhoose the full installation. Start up DOSBox, switch to the SB directory and run install.exe. Unzip the Sound Blaster drivers to C:\DOSBox\Drivers\SB. This will make them available in DOSBox at C:\Drivers\SB. 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:\DOSBox\Drivers\SB. 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. Once the Windows 3.1 setup is complete, select Reboot, then start DOSBox again. 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:\DOOM\DM.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:\DOSBox\WinInstall instead of using a CD-R (you’ll have to adapt the instructions below if you do). 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).ĭOSBox 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). It had MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 on its 160MB HDD. Just a thought.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. So I think if DOSBox-X can emulate such a protocol, then you can just use existing free tools to access the host folders from guest systems in DOSBox-X, without having to write your own. There are similar 3rd-party tools for other guest systems such as Win9x too. VMSMOUNT is such an example for DOS guest systems (it is included in FreeDOS), which allows access to VMware's shared folders as a normal drive letter without using tools from VMware. You do not need to use VMware’s official guest additions for this - there are open-source 3rd-party tools that work better, especially for platforms like DOS that are not supported by VMWare’s own guest additions. One possible solution I can think of is to provide an option to emulate the guest to host sharing protocol of an existing virtualization software, such as VMWare’s shared folder which uses RPC communication, so that you can use existing tools to transfer between the host and guest systems without having to write your own.
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