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Turning Windows 3.11 (DosBox) into a really cool retro setup
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RE: Turning Windows 3.11 (DosBox) into a really cool retro setup
(07-14-2022, 03:41 PM)Irinikus Wrote:  I've now installed win32, which has allowed me to get Midi up and running in Windows:

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i forgot to ask, which flavor of Dosbox did you start with?

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07-14-2022, 08:22 PM
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RE: Turning Windows 3.11 (DosBox) into a really cool retro setup
(07-14-2022, 08:22 PM)chulofiasco Wrote:  i forgot to ask, which flavor of Dosbox did you start with?

The version found in this thread:

https://forums.irixnet.org/thread-984.ht...ght=dosbox
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07-14-2022, 09:19 PM
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RE: Turning Windows 3.11 (DosBox) into a really cool retro setup
Have you tried running an old 16 bit version of Netscape? Not that it would be good for browsing much. Jamie Zawinski restored the original version of the Mosaic Communication website at mcom.com so you could at least look at that... 😁
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07-15-2022, 02:54 AM
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RE: Turning Windows 3.11 (DosBox) into a really cool retro setup
(07-15-2022, 02:54 AM)vishnu Wrote:  Have you tried running an old 16 bit version of Netscape? Not that it would be good for browsing much. Jamie Zawinski restored the original version of the Mosaic Communication website at mcom.com so you could at least look at that... 😁

DosBox doesn't have any native form of network emulation, so this might prove to be a problem!
I've now managed to install a newer version of Microsoft Office!

I initially had problems, as it wouldn't run and kept on asking me to exit windows and run "share.exe".

"share.exe" is incompatible with DosBox, but I did manage to find an alternative which works here: (The download link is in the video description!)



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07-15-2022, 05:57 PM
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any reason you decided to go with dosbox and not softwindows 2.0 ? Is it just for greater compatibility?
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07-15-2022, 07:37 PM
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It’s indeed for greater compatibility!!!

For example SoftWindows 2 does not emulate any sound (audio) hardware, which really detracts from the experience, in my opinion!

There’s also much more support for DosBox out there!!! (It has quite a following!)
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07-15-2022, 07:48 PM
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I've got Visual Basic 4 Professional up and running:

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07-15-2022, 10:20 PM
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I now also have Home Design 3D installed:

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07-15-2022, 11:48 PM
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respect ! have no other words

really nice what you accomplished, your post just blew me, i felt back in the 90.
don't know if i can challenge, though i could try :-) have a tezro, have the SW.
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07-16-2022, 07:24 PM
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The 90’s were the best days of my life! If I could, I’d go back in a second!

It is amazing how such things take you right back to that time!

It makes the hobby worth while!
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