Thanks guys for the replies. I'm taking note of the software you are listing.
Maybe going over the basics some questions may be: - I want to have the basic Windows 3.1 VM with all fix packs available, what should I install? Win32s? Y2K patches? We discussed that a little bit, thanks. - I want to have the ultimate Windows 3.1 gaming VM (or machine) , which software I must have installed? Like Quicktime 2, Video for Windows, etc? Not specifically listing games, only the required libraries/components. ....etc. Checking around the internet I found this sites remembering some software on Windows 3.1 too: - http://www.gaby.de/win3x/esoft.htm Regards On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 8:34 PM Deposite Pirate <dpir...@metalpunks.info> wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 10:38:29 -0700 > Ralf Quint <freedos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 6/9/2022 8:55 AM, Roderick Klein wrote: > > All references and possible downloads for anything DOS and Windows <= > > 3.11 has been removed from Microsoft's web site(s) at least 10 years > > ago. By that time, pretty much all application and driver support > > from 3rd parties has evaporated as well. > > There is a full mirror torrent of ftp.microsoft.com on archive.org > before it disappeared. You'll find all the DOS, Windows 3.x and early > Windows 95 stuff distributed by m$ on there, including quite a few > esoteric drivers (I've seen browsing through it). > > The problem with DOS based Windows releases in my experience is that > they are extremely crash prone because of their hackish engineering to > be polite. And the more you pile up "fixes" and "add-ons" (including > those provided by m$ itself), the less they will work without crashing > every five minutes. To have a decent experience with any of these you're > going to have to carefully select the hardware you're going to use them > with, to have access to decently written drivers (which was far from > always being the case). And you're going to want to avoid trying to > install every fix available because those fixes were designed to be > installed on an "as needed" basis and were not part of a stream of > "windows updates" to be installed everywhere. > > Better yet, if you like the Windows 3.x shell, go with NT 3.51. If you > like the Windows 95 shell, go with NT 4.0. It will save you a lot of > frustration. > > -- > GPG: C90CAB7122AC1231 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Martín Itúrbide http://www.os2world.com mar...@os2world.com martiniturb...@gmail.com Quito - Ecuador
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