TCP RWIN 4096 => for better performance in my case: 2048įor browsing the internet I chose MS IE 3.01 another one like Netscape 4.08 will also do fine if not slightly better. Note the following: From VirtualBox setup: Put all these files in one subdirectory and be sure to add this subdirectory to the PATH statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT. Note that WINPKT.COM may not be included in the Trumpet distribution. Part of the trick is in configuring it.įollow the instructions from the Trumpet Winsock Help file. I use Trumpet Winsock 2.11f for setting up TCPIP. His blog also contains many other items you may consider useful. To avoid your modern CPU being loaded fully by this small and old OS use an utility called WQGHLT.386 from Weiqi Gao. Hint: it may be rewarding to spend some time on (DOS) memory optimisation. CDROM and mouse should be detected automatically. Not much for today's standards but the best you can get with the 'native'

In this way you'll end up with a VGA display after setup this can be changed into SuperVGA (800*16, 16 colors). or copy the contents of all disks to a CDROM from where you can setup Win 3.1 (at the cost of having all aplications Windows setup can find, including those on the CDROM, in your Windows Applications group).įor the installation procedure itself run setup and go with defaults as much as possible. Hint: once you feel familiar with CDROM images you can collect all your drivers and applications there and significanctly speed up your installation processess.īased on a DOS machine WIN 3.1 can be installed in a few ways:

The post builds on to my earlier one describing the setup of a DOS VM including CDROM and NIC drivers:Ĭontents of this new post were partially inspired by Weiqi Gao's observations. I used VirtualBox 1.4.0 (in 1.3.8 I never got the mouse going or it was running around like a madman).

My host system is a typical WinXP machine with 1280*1024 display. (added 20120324) extra notes on VirtualBox 4.1.8Īlternatively, with Windows for Workgroups 3.11 you can also use Microsofts TCPIP stack. (added 20080210) extra details on setting up TCP32B in WfW 3.11

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