On Fri, 2013-12-27 at 10:40 -0500, James Crawford wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> 
>  
> 
> I have a Pentium 3 running Freedos alone.  I tried to load Win 3.1 and
> got the error :  Win 3.1 will not run in protected mode.  I understand
> that the command.com runs in protected mode.  Do I have to change this
> permanently to run Windows.  How do I get  Windows to work?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>  
> 
> Jim Crawford

I have Windows 3.1 working on a Pentium 3 running freedos 1.1.  I think
I'm using Jemmex for the memory manager and I believe I'm running it in
386 enhanced mode.  That said, I get a memory manager crash when I exit
Windows 3.1 and I notice that Loderunner for whatever reason crashes
before I reach the first level with bombs.  Too bad I can't get sound in
Windows 3.1.  I have a Soundblaster 16, but it's the PCI version that
only comes with an expanded memory dos driver, a Windows 9x driver, and
XP drivers.

I wish there was a 100% compatible replacement for Windows 3.1 that is
free.  There is a lot of software that requires Windows 3.1.  ReactOS is
an attempt to clone Windows NT and support Windows software designed for
at least Windows XP.  Developers are trying to crank out a 0.4 release,
the last release was 0.3.15 back in September.  See
http://www.reactos.org.

I wonder if someone could debug what is causing Windows 3.1 running on
freedos to crash and develop workarounds?

In other news, ReactOS is gaining an emulated dos environment of it's
own.  Very recent development, so don't expect the environment to be
stable.



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