Run the Sound Blaster installation.Ĭhoose the full installation. Start up DOSBox, switch to the SB directory and run install.exe. Unzip the Sound Blaster drivers to C:\DOSBox\Drivers\SB. This will make them available in DOSBox at C:\Drivers\SB. I found instructions and a driver download for the installation process, but in case that link goes down I’m including instructions here.įirst, download the Sound Blaster drivers and unzip them into C:\DOSBox\Drivers\SB. In order to use this device, we’ll need to install a Sound Blaster driver in Windows 3.1. Installing Sound DriversĭOSBox can emulate several sound devices, including the widely-compatible Sound Blaster 16. We need to install sound and video drivers to get the most out of the Windows 3.1 experience. At this point Windows should load successfully, but without sound.
To launch Windows, type cd windows to change to the Windows directory, then type win to start Windows. Once the Windows 3.1 setup is complete, select Reboot, then start DOSBox again. DOSBox will quit, so you’ll have to start it back up. Just choose “None of the above” and continue with the installation. If you still have DOOM installed from the first post in this series, you may be promted to select the application name for C:\DOOM\DM.EXE. When prompted to install a printer, select the generic/text printer. Once Windows starts you’ll need to enter a user name. Installing WindowsĪssuming 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. If you don’t have a copy of Windows 3.1, you’ll need to buy it somehow. You could also put the Windows files into a folder such as C:\DOSBox\WinInstall instead of using a CD-R (you’ll have to adapt the instructions below if you do). 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).ĭOSBox 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). It had MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 on its 160MB HDD. 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.
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