Re: [Freedos-user] What is the trick to get Windows 3.1 to run on freedos???

2009-04-12 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote: Something I noticed, maybe because I'm using the unstable kernel instead of the stable 2036 one, deltree doesn't work anymore. Simple: If you only use WIN /S then you can use the stable 2036 or stable 2038 kernel. The

Re: [Freedos-user] What is the trick to get Windows 3.1 to run on freedos???

2009-04-11 Thread Eric Auer
Hi :-) I got Windows 3.1 running on Freedos using win /s, the Msdos 6.2x himem.sys and the MSDOS 6.2x emm386.exe. I also found out that share from freedos needs to be loaded low. I think WIN /S will even work with the freedos versions of HIMEM or HIMEMX, maybe even with JEMM386 as well.

Re: [Freedos-user] What is the trick to get Windows 3.1 to run on freedos???

2009-04-11 Thread King InuYasha
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote: Hi :-) Realistically, someone should make a clone of Windows 3.1. This makes more sense than making freedos unstable. Unstable is only needed for 386 enh mode or wfworkgroups. Windows 3.1 isn't that heavy

Re: [Freedos-user] What is the trick to get Windows 3.1 to run on freedos???

2009-04-10 Thread King InuYasha
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, usul usul.the.mo...@gmail.com wrote: Realistically, someone should make a clone of Windows 3..0/3.11. Call it Janus or Snowball after the code names for Windows 3..0/3.11 :) I have been doing research on this and I am considering doing this. Since I wanted

Re: [Freedos-user] What is the trick to get Windows 3.1 to run on freedos???

2009-04-10 Thread King InuYasha
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 7:03 AM, King InuYasha ngomp...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, usul usul.the.mo...@gmail.com wrote: Realistically, someone should make a clone of Windows 3..0/3.11. Call it Janus or Snowball after the code names for Windows 3..0/3.11 :) I have

Re: [Freedos-user] What is the trick to get Windows 3.1 to run on freedos???

2009-04-10 Thread Adam Norton
* Calmira for GUI or someone could write a Program Manager for GUI like Windows 3.x. Personally, I like the style of Windows 3.x over the Windows 95 style of GUI. I can't remember if Win 3.1 had context menus or not and I kind of like a start menu/taskbar but thats not 3.11. If I do this right

Re: [Freedos-user] What is the trick to get Windows 3.1 to run on freedos???

2009-04-10 Thread King InuYasha
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Adam Norton usul.the.mo...@gmail.comwrote: * Calmira for GUI or someone could write a Program Manager for GUI like Windows 3.x. Personally, I like the style of Windows 3.x over the Windows 95 style of GUI. I can't remember if Win 3.1 had context menus or not

[Freedos-user] What is the trick to get Windows 3.1 to run on freedos???

2009-04-09 Thread Michael Robinson
I think I'm using the stable kernel instead of the unstable one. I get an error that says essentially unload the protected mode software and try again when windows tries to start. Are people taking out the smartdrive stuff or simply adding a menu entry and if someone wants windows loading

Re: [Freedos-user] What is the trick to get Windows 3.1 to run on freedos???

2009-04-09 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! I think I'm using the stable kernel instead of the unstable one. I get an error that says essentially unload the protected mode software and try again when windows tries to start. Neither free-EMM386 nor JEMM386 is compatible with Windows 3.x 386enh mode or WfW 3.11... You would

Re: [Freedos-user] What is the trick to get Windows 3.1 to run on freedos???

2009-04-09 Thread Alex Buell
On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:23:44 +0200, I waved a wand and this message magically appears in front of Eric Auer: The EMM386 does, and some DOS extenders / DPMI hosts. The problem is that Windows in 386enh mode and WfW 3.11 try to take over the work from EMM386 which uses a complex what exactly