Comments on: How To Run Windows 3.1 on DOSBox – inside Windows or Linux!

By: Bob H.

Bob H. — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:24:50 +0000

A great hack! Seven disks? Was this Windows for Workgroups? That had limited networking. I don’t know how much networking was possible with plain Win3.1 so don’t feel bad if it doesn’t work;-) A reason for people to run Win3.1 or DOS is lots of data stored in files only readable by programs of that era.

By: Ben D

Ben D — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:28:56 +0000

Heck this is awesome. I love Windows 3.1!

By: Why a name

Why a name — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:16:22 +0000

Use QEMU for freedos and run setup

By: halil güder

halil güder — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:47:18 +0000

ms dos & widows 3.1 diskette

By: jdj

jdj — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:29:05 +0000

the fact that win3.1? was an addon to dos was a serious plus considering every version of windows since has sucked just like …..

By: MinimaMagistra

MinimaMagistra — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:54:09 +0000

When I got Windows, it came in SEVEN disk zips. I started putting all of them in one folder (figured out the same thing fbonomi did), but disk 7 had a lot of overlaps on file NAME, but with obviously different content (vastly different file sizes). I’ve got Windows up and running fine with the first six disks, as I saw here that it usually only comes with six, but I’m curious. Anybody know what that seventh disk might be all about?

By: Derrek

Derrek — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:13:25 +0000

my mouse doesnt work

By: yahya

yahya — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:25:24 +0000

I think I am the actual masochist..

By: fbonomi

fbonomi — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:35:09 +0000

actually, most of old applications do not really need you to swap disks: just copy all the files (from all the disks) in the directory and you can go

By: NOU

NOU — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:43:05 +0000

I really love running Win3x in DosBox. All I can say is it’s _much_ better than Vista or any other Windows NT or 9x OS created. Runs especially well on Arch Lin. Say has anyone gotten Networking to work on windows 3.1 running on dosbox? Damn it would make my day if I could not only use Win3x, but use IE 5.01 as well hehe.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:01:10 +0000

Hello,
I have my Wfw 3.11 running in Dosbox 0.72…pretty cool. I do have a question/problem, I am unable to use the a: drive within Wfw 3.11. Is there a way to configure Dosbox so I can access the floppy drive while using Windows?
Thanx,
Jim

By: Rea Maor

Rea Maor — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:01:34 +0000

Just when you though you’ll be safe from Microsoft on Nokia’s cellphones…

By: Penguin Pete

Penguin Pete — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:20:44 +0000

Somebody at Engadget just did it again on a Nokia N810, DOSBox and all! See what you started?

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:55:02 +0000

The only good reason for this is to be able to play old games. I’m all for it. I still like playing games like Stars! and the first SimCity for PC.

By: Penguin Pete

Penguin Pete — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:23:38 +0000

Neat hack, Rea! You’ve temporarily one-upped me until I figure out how to get Basilisk emulating MacIntosh 7…

And, yahya… how can we ever explain why? I have a CD of Plan Nine From Bell Labs that I sometimes still boot up. With dozens of cool modern games at my disposal, I still go to a console and play text-mode Rogue sometimes. I sometimes miss XTreePro and OS/2 Warp. Talk about masochism.

Yeah, when you figure it out, could you tell *me* why?