My reason for wanting to use Windows 3.1 in FreeDOS is for some very
specific apps (yes among them are a couple of bible programs) and just
having access to some utilities such as Winimage Winzip, etc. That said,
since 1993 I have always had Compaq DOS/Windows 3.1 on at least one of my
PCs so, I can always fall back to that - just a bit inconvenient.
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:42 AM, Tom Ehlert <t...@drivesnapshot.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Ability to run Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode.
> >
> > has been discussed multiple times. conclusion: forget it
>
> Okay, but let's be clear here:
>
> 1). It's proprietary, so it's not redistributable.
> 2). It's old, so most people don't have (nor want) it.
> 3). It used undocumented MS-specific data, so it's fairly hard to be
> compatible.
> 4). It's harder (maybe impossible) to run on even semi-modern machines
> due to its own bugs and design limits.
>
> However, that doesn't mean it's totally not worth supporting. In fact,
> I could be wrong (never cared much personally, thus never tested, I
> prefer "real" DOS, not Win16 GUI apps), but I think DOSBox claims to
> work with Win 3.x (or maybe even Win95). I know for a fact that DR-DOS
> 7.03 fully works, but I'm not sure about OpenDOS or EDR-DOS.
> (Obviously those have different licenses, but I know it's not [always]
> totally illegal to reverse engineer or clean-room, esp. when dealing
> with explicit compatibility problems like this.)
>
> Regarding DOS apps themselves, the only real reason to use Win 3.1
> would be for something like multitasking (or maybe some obscure
> drivers??). In that case, it's probably easier to instead just use
> DOSEMU under Linux.
>
> So, summary: it's hard to support but not impossible, but the simple
> answer is to look elsewhere at pre-existing solutions (or similar).
>
>
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