> 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.
whatever your reason is: forget it. this would be a lot of work, and the developers find it more then 'a bit inconvenient' to put much effort in things that they aren't interested in. Tom > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Rugxulo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:42 AM, Tom Ehlert <[email protected]> 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). > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
