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 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 latter is on >

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 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 > > Depends... On

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???

2009-04-10 Thread King InuYasha
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Adam Norton wrote: > * 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

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 C

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

2009-04-10 Thread Adam Norton
I have a VM with MS DOS 6.22, Windows 3.11, and Win32s available in a QEMU VM. If you need comparative testing, let me know. Thanks I am sure I will need lots of testing. I also need to buy it cause I barely remember how it looked and worked. :) ---

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 wrote: > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, usul 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 a

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 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 to make a GUI fo

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

2009-04-09 Thread usul
"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 to make a GUI for FreeDos. :) Need a break from package building on the new

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

2009-04-09 Thread Michael Robinson
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. Great, it ran. Trouble is, my mouse is on com4 and there are no windows drivers for a logitech mouse on com4. Argh! Somethi

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 exac

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 w