I want to try out Windows 3.1 just for kicks in VMware.I downloaded all the Windows 3.1 files from it was in a ZIP that contained 7 DISK folders (DISK1, DISK2, DISK3, etc.) and each folder contains the individual files for the discs, not a disk image. The big difference is you don't have to use virtual HD and FD images - you just give it a folder on your hard drive and drag stuff in. BTW it was much easier to setup 3.11 in DOSBox compared to Virtualbox. Now I remember, you gather all the setup files from each disk into a single folder and run setup from there - it doesn't ask for any floppies. I think we used the same method for other floppy releases of the time - Win NT, 95 etc.ĮDIT: Just installed it in DOSBox. WINDOWS 3.1 SETUP DISK 2 INSTALLThe zip file the OP downloaded (and the method I've described) is the network install method for deployment across an organisation. Not much has changed I suppose, cause that's basically what I'm doing now with Mac OS. I think we got more kicks out of installing it than using it. We tried this as an experiment one day (before the internet) and it worked, and of course, we were really impressed at how fast it installed compared to inserting all those floppies. Then just ran the setup from the first folder and it finds all the rest of the folders itself. We copied each floppy into a folder named DISK1, DISK2 etc. I still remember the "innovative" procedure we stumbled upon as students to set up the venerable Windows for Workgroups 3.11. (Remember when Egghead had walk-in stores?) WINDOWS 3.1 SETUP DISK 2 UPGRADEThe only real problem to getting up to at least 95 would be in fooling the upgrade versions, as all my OS versions are store-bought. The only question, really, is, can I get the floppies to function after all these years, or, can I at least restore the data onto newer, fully functional copies. However, there is an OEM version of 5.x or 6.x in there somewhere. I have several MS-DOS upgrade diskette sets (and might even have my original 5.25 floppies of MS-DOS 4.01). That said, I need to run Windows 95 or 98 (or 98SE) in such a way that I am able to load Adobe Type Manager 4.1 (the pay-for-it version). I am running Windows 7, although this is not just a boast of my ability to function in an atmosphere involving an extremely high learning curve (the OS being so patently counter-intuitive while demanding an attitude of wholesale pedantry). This way, the problems involved in depending on ATM to remain stable (or, as we now see, even AVAILABLE) to be able to continue using your carefully-wrought instances (for which I, for one, spent hundreds of dollars). This utility, Font Minder, used Adobe Type Manager 4.1 to create custom "instances" of Adobe's Multiple Master fonts a then save those instances out to either Windows True Type or Windows Type 1. Adobe purchased it during the days of Win98. I want to install a cute little utility called Fontminder for Windows. Anything newer than that (7.6, 8, 9) is still copyrighted by Apple. Note: Anything older than System 7.5.5 is abandonware. WINDOWS 3.1 SETUP DISK 2 MAC OSOne question I'd like to ask (directed to pre-OS X MacHeads): was the Classic Mac OS more secure than its Windows (3.x, 9x) counterparts? Classic emulation only ended after Tiger and OS9 was killed by Jobs only 4 months before WinXP SP1 was released. There are still a lot of applications (especially for OS9) and games that can be found, through either legal abandonware or torrents. It gave me a nice, interactive history lesson that no Wiki article could parallel! I've tried Mac OS 9 on SheepShaver (on XP, Vista, and OSx86) and System 7 on vMac and I recommend every MSFT->AAPL switcher to try it. Then I realized (again) that Windows 95 still looks and works pretty much like Windows Vista, which removes the novelty factor of retrocomputing. Then I realized that 3.1 isn't an OS and that I'd need DOS to run it so I looked for Win95 instead. Vista 圆4 won't work on Fusion so I wanted to try Win3.1.
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