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RPi3 Win 3.1/95 Emulation In DOSBox?

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    backstander @edmaul69
    last edited by 6 Feb 2017, 22:08

    @edmaul69

    ibm joystick drivers installed, so my controller works in games and even in windows.

    That's a great idea! Maybe when I revisit this, I'll install joystick drivers for Win3.1!

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      edmaul69 @backstander
      last edited by 6 Feb 2017, 22:14

      @backstander i didnt have to install any mouse drivers or anything to make the usb devices work. Just the old ibmjoy driver. I will post a link to where i got a lot of drivers and guides from when i am at my computer.

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        edmaul69
        last edited by edmaul69 2 Jun 2017, 22:23 6 Feb 2017, 22:22

        @backstander heres the link. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=9405

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          backstander @edmaul69
          last edited by 7 Feb 2017, 15:43

          Thanks @edmaul69 ! I like the added Win32s, VfW and Quicktime from this walkthrough.

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            edmaul69 @backstander
            last edited by 7 Feb 2017, 19:02

            @backstander yup i had to install those too. I also installed photoshop 3.0, ms office 3.0, word perfect and some others. I cannot get star wars: yoda stories to install. Tried two versions and the demo. I reinstalled everything today because i had originally installed windows 3.11 instead of windows for workgroups 3.11.

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              backstander @edmaul69
              last edited by 7 Feb 2017, 20:43

              @edmaul69
              I did a quick search and I found a forum stating that Yoda Stories was a Win 95 game and not a Win 3.1 game. I could have sworn I had it installed on Win 3.1 on my RPi in DOSBox!
              https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=39204

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                hooperre
                last edited by 8 Feb 2017, 17:24

                @HPK-de - Saw you did some Win 95 testing on the RPi3. Any luck with Age of Empires by chance?

                4B ~ RPi PSU 5.1V / 3.0A ~ 32GB SanDisk microSD ~ 128GB USB

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                  drake999 @hooperre
                  last edited by 14 Feb 2017, 16:53

                  @hooperre I installed Windows 3.1 on DosBox on the Pi3 in a matter of minutes. It was amusing because it detected the CPU as a 250 MHz 486. Runs like a dream and the few Windows 3.1 games I tried to run, besides some config issues, seemed to run very well.

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                    edmaul69 @hooperre
                    last edited by 14 Feb 2017, 20:05

                    @hooperre as drake stated, it is really easy to install. I had absolutely no issues. I installed about 40 games. Runs great.

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                      drake999
                      last edited by 14 Feb 2017, 20:33

                      I've recently become aware of an open source emulation / virtualization suite called QEMU, which can apparently run Windows 95 and Windows 98 on the Raspberry Pi, and may even be able to run Windows XP (but don't expect awesome performance from XP). Now I just heard about it so take it with a grain of salt, but apparently there is a guy on Youtube running Windows 95 and 98 simultaneously on a Pi2. I'm curious about this and may look into it when I have time. I'll post the results when if / when I get the opportunity to play with this. If someone else wants to give it a whirl feel free. I'm curious to hear your experiences.

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                        hooperre
                        last edited by 15 Feb 2017, 16:38

                        Please do!

                        4B ~ RPi PSU 5.1V / 3.0A ~ 32GB SanDisk microSD ~ 128GB USB

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                          Spiky
                          last edited by 5 Mar 2017, 15:17

                          So I just installed Windows 3.11 with video and audio drivers successfully on my Pi3 with RetroPie, everything is working. Now, did anyone try to make Windows 95 work? That's probably what I am gonna do next, so I would be happy if anyone could share his experience.

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                            edmaul69 @Spiky
                            last edited by 5 Mar 2017, 15:27

                            @Spiky you need to make a specific image file (fake hard drive). Only problem is the program isnt available anymore and nobody seems to have made it downloadable on another site.

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                              Spiky @edmaul69
                              last edited by 5 Mar 2017, 15:51

                              @edmaul69 Could you explain that a bit? Why do I need image file as HDD? I did not need that for Win 3.11

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                                edmaul69 @Spiky
                                last edited by 5 Mar 2017, 15:53

                                @Spiky dosbox does not natively support windows 95.

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                                  Spiky @edmaul69
                                  last edited by 5 Mar 2017, 16:42

                                  @edmaul69 I see. By the way, I think I found the image you talked about: https://sites.google.com/site/dotalshoff/games/dosbox. Here is a guide that looks useful http://dsync.blogspot.sk/2014/03/a-complete-guide-to-install-windows-95.html, but I will most likely not be able to give it a try today.

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                                    hooperre
                                    last edited by 5 Mar 2017, 19:10

                                    I have 3.1 up and running as well and was going to post a couple of DOSBox related questions trying to autocall "win winexit.exe D:\Civ2\Civ2.exe" always causes a low memory error. I'll revisit it later I guess, but it's nice to have my favorite game of all time on my RPi3.

                                    Anyway, this is the guide I was going to try to follow to get Win95 working, but think I'm going to work on 3.11 for a bit longer.

                                    4B ~ RPi PSU 5.1V / 3.0A ~ 32GB SanDisk microSD ~ 128GB USB

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                                      Spiky
                                      last edited by 12 Apr 2017, 05:14

                                      So I "almost" managed to make Windows 95 work. My goal was to prepare HDD image on my notebook and then copy it to RetroPie on my Pi3. When I finally made it, my Win95 was installed, but sadly with few graphical glitches - mouse was a big black square and there were icons appearing/disappearing on the desktop - but as far I know, there is some way to fix this from DOSBox settings.

                                      Anyway, it was already too late and I had to get some sleep, so I still have to give it a try on my Pi3. I only tried it with HDD image with Windows just installed (before the first real run) and it took 10 minutes until I gave it up, as there was only black screen after letting me know that Windows is being prepared...

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                                        edmaul69 @Spiky
                                        last edited by 12 Apr 2017, 05:40

                                        @Spiky the big block is normal. Once you get into windows, change it to 16 colors. This corrects that. Then it will always be fixed anytime after that. Even when you make a new image you wont have to change it to 16 colors. Only that first time. You can change it back but you want it to be in 16 colors when you put it on the pi. But make sure you have the s3 trio 64 pci driver on your image before putting it on the pi. We only found one 95 disk that worked on the pi though. There is a guide being put together for all of this.

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                                          Spiky @edmaul69
                                          last edited by 12 Apr 2017, 06:00

                                          @edmaul69 I followed this guide http://dsync.blogspot.sk/2014/03/a-complete-guide-to-install-windows-95.html, except few mistakes, I had no problem. No clue if it contains s3 trio 64 pci driver. Do I need to explicitly install it? If so, could you provide source?

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