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My family’s first computer was an AST desktop with an Intel 486SX 25Mhz processor and 4MB of RAM that my parents purchased when I was in grade school. It had MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 on its 160MB HDD. I can remember creating graphics in Paintbrush, playing Solitaire and Minesweeper, listening to audio CDs using the CD-ROM (we didn’t have a CD player back then), and of course playing Windows games (my favorite was King’s Quest VI Enhanced on CD-ROM).
DOSBox does not emulate Windows 3.1 by itself, but Windows 3.1x can be installed in DOSBox. Fortunately I still had a copy of my parents’ Windows 3.1 floppy disks that I was able to transfer to a CD-R for easier access on my PC (I don’t even have a floppy drive in my desktop PC anymore). You could also put the Windows files into a folder such as C:DOSBoxWinInstall instead of using a CD-R (you’ll have to adapt the instructions below if you do). If you don’t have a copy of Windows 3.1, you’ll need to buy it somehow.
Installing Windows
Assuming you have already installed and configured DOSBox, start it up, put the Windows 3.1 CD into your optical drive, and switch to the D: drive in DOSBox to run setup.exe.
S3 Graphics Supersavage Ixc 1179
Run the Express setup. Once Windows starts you’ll need to enter a user name. When prompted to install a printer, select the generic/text printer. If you still have DOOM installed from the first post in this series, you may be promted to select the application name for C:DOOMDM.EXE. Just choose “None of the above” and continue with the installation. Once it’s complete, select Reboot. DOSBox will quit, so you’ll have to start it back up.
To launch Windows, type cd windows to change to the Windows directory, then type win to start Windows. At this point Windows should load successfully, but without sound. We need to install sound and video drivers to get the most out of the Windows 3.1 experience.
Installing Sound Drivers
DOSBox can emulate several sound devices, including the widely-compatible Sound Blaster 16. In order to use this device, we’ll need to install a Sound Blaster driver in Windows 3.1. I found instructions and a driver download for the installation process, but in case that link goes down I’m including instructions here.
First, download the Sound Blaster drivers and unzip them into C:DOSBoxDriversSB. This will make them available in DOSBox at C:DriversSB.
Start up DOSBox, switch to the SB directory and run install.exe.
Choose the full installation. At the next screen, be sure to set the Microsoft Windows 3.1 path to “C:WINDOWS” before proceeding.
On the next screen, you must change the Interrupt setting (IRQ) to match DOSBox’s configuration. By default DOSBox uses 7 (it would only be different if you changed it in the dosbox.conf file), so you’ll need to change it from “5” to “7.”
Continue with the rest of the installation. It may take a few minutes to complete. If you are prompted to replace the MIDIMAP.CFG file, select either “Backup” or “Proceed” and continue the installation. Once it is finished, exit DOSBox, then restart it and launch Windows. You should hear the ta-da or chime sound when Windows starts and see a new Audio Software group. At this point, just for fun, I like to open Accessories > Media Player and open canyon.mid. This is a MIDI track that came with Windows 3.1. It should start playing if everything is setup correctly.
Installing Video Drivers
By default DOSBox emulates an S3 graphics card, and by installing an S3 graphics driver we can run Windows 3.1 in 1024×768 with 64K color. You can grab the driver and read instructions (and some good troubleshooting steps) on the same page used for the Sound Blaster (http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=9405), but again I’ve included instructions here in case that link goes down.
Download the S3 graphics drivers and unzip them to C:DOSBoxDriversS3 so they are available in DOSBox at C:DriversS3.
Start up DOSBox, switch to the Windows directory, and run setup.
The Windows setup will allow installation of the S3 graphics driver. Select the Display setting and press Enter to change it from “VGA.”
On the next screen, arrow down and select “Other (Requires disk provided by hardware manufacturer),” then enter “C:DriversS3” as the path where the files can be found.
On the next screen you can choose which driver to install up to 1024×768 64K (anything higher probably won’t work). Because I intend to use Windows 3.1 mostly for gaming, I’m going to stick with 800×600 at 256 colors (which is the highest resolution/color that many games will support).
Continue with the installation. If you are prompted to enter the path to the driver files again, enter “C:DriversS3.” Once the installation is complete, enter win at the DOSBox prompt to launch Windows. You should now see an 800×600 screen and be able to set the wallpaper to the included 256 color pattern to verify your graphics driver is working.
This is all you need to run many games (like the aforementioned King’s Quest VI Enhanced), but in a future post I may cover some additional settings and drivers for improving the gaming experience further.
DVD
Pioneer Device Driver Download
MS-DOS/Windows 3.1x DVD-ROM Treiber (ATAPI/SCSI)
Panasonic PC DOS and MS-DOS DVD Device Driver
(also supports Windows 3.1 / Windows For Workgroups 3.11)
Drives to be supported: (ATAPI Interface DVD-ROM)
SR-8581 (1x speed, tray loading type DVD-ROM)
SR-8582 (2x speed, tray loading type DVD-ROM)
Firewire
DAToptic Firewire Driver (669K)
This Win32 executable creates a DOS bootdisk for Windows9x and NT.
For DOS16 (i.e. MS-DOS up to v. 6.22) you'll find all necessary files in the following archive: FIREWIRE.ZIP (39K).
Graphics/Video
Generic SVGA Drivers (94 K)
taken from WfW 3.11. Will sometimes work with newer VGA cards.
ATI
w31-3098.exe (1.26 M) for
ALL IN WONDER
3D PRO TURBO & 3D PRO TURBO PC2TV
3D XPRESSION+ & 3D XPRESSION+ PC2TV
3D CHARGER
VIDEO XPRESSION+ & VIDEO XPRESSION
VIDEO CHARGER
and all other cards with 3D RAGE I, VT 3D RAGE II+ or 3D RAGE II chip set
64w31303.exe (1.26 M) for
GRAPHICS PRO TURBO & GRAPHICS PRO TURBO 1600
GRAPHICS XPRESSION
WINTURBO
WINBOOST & WINCHARGER
and all other cards with mach64 GX or CT chip set
CARDEX
drgw31.exe (638 K) for Genesis GX2/AGP
CIRRUS Logic
cl54462.zip (1.11 M) for CL-GD 5446 (drivers for Windows 3.1x (Workgroups) and NT 3.51).
k546xd4.zip (1.1 M) for CL GD 5462 und 5464
5465w31.zip (2.6 M) for CL GD 5465
Dataexpert
5357wn.exe (1.27 M) for Expert Color DSV5357
Drivers S3 Graphics Cd-rom Windows 7
DIAMOND
vxw31103.exe (995 K) for Stealth 3D 3000
w3xv33_1.exe (725 K) for Viper V330
ELSA
v3dx_w31.exe (965 K) for Victory 3DX
GENOA Systems
8375w31.zip (544 K) for Phantom 3D/DX Model 8375
764w3127.zip (872 K) for Phantom 64 G2001 Model 8764
8868_v16.zip (879 K) for Phantom 64 V2000 Model 8868
765w3116.zip (872 K) for Phantom 64 V2001 Model 8765
Hercules
w3120018.zip (609 K) for Terminator 128/3d 'GLH'
Matrox
w31_161.exe (2 M) for Millennium and Mystique
Matrox Graphics Win 3.1x drivers - more drivers for Windows 3.1x.
NVidia
tnt5w311.zip (660 K) for RIVA 128/TNT/TNT2 AGP/PCI v1.55
r128w311.zip (665 K) for RIVA 128/128ZX PCI series v1.27
S3
w3110505.zip (544 K) for ViRGE (325)
61022w31.zip (572 K) for Savage 2000 (for e.g. Diamond Viper II)
TSENG Labs
w31et6.zip (638 K) for ET6000
Mouse Drivers
Genius
newscrol.exe (1.17 M) for Newscroll and Newscroll wireless v. 1.16
nsp31w31.exe (653 K) for Netscroll and Netscroll+ Wheelmouse v. 1.17
USB
Cypress Semiconductor DOS USB Stack driver
The driver supports the following devices:
- USB ZIP drives
- USB Hard disk
- USB Super Floppy/HiFD drives
- USB CD-ROM
- USB MO drives
Various drivers/External Links