DosBox-X makes Windows XP PC a "real" retro one! - DOS/Win31 on Windows XP

DosBox-X download: https://dosbox-x.com/ Instruction: https://dosbox-x.com/wiki/Guide%3AInstalling-Windows-3.1x

Driver Download links:

• S3 Trio64V display driver: https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=275&menustate=0
• Mouse integration feature driver: https://github.com/joncampbell123/doslib/releases Unpack the archive, and you will find a Windows 3.1x mouse driver in the windrv/dosboxpi/bin/win31 directory.Copy the DBOXMPI.DRV and OEMSETUP.INF files for your Windows version to a place where the Windows SETUP.EXE program will be able to find it
• Sound Blaster 16 driver: https://archive.org/details/win-31_202108

Not like PCem or 86Box, DosBox-X is using a configuration file (*.conf) to store hardware info and settings. Please refer to above instruction link. windows98 conf file is also available below between the lines, just copy and paste to a text file and rename the extension name to .conf. I named the file as "win31.conf" in this video. ****************** win31.conf ****************** [sdl] autolock=true

[dosbox] title=Windows 3.1x memsize=256

[dos] hard drive data rate limit=0 floppy drive data rate limit=0

[cpu] cputype=pentium core=normal

[pci] voodoo=false

[ide, primary] int13fakeio=true int13fakev86io=false

[render] scaler=none

[autoexec]

00:00 Install DosBox-X 01:00 Create a folder "c" to be mounted as VM C: drive; copy Windows 3.1 installation floppy disk images to the folder. 01:31 Copy win31.conf file to DosBox - X installation folder 02:00 Start the VM, mount folder "c" as C: 02:46 Extract Windows 3.1 installation files from floppy disk images to a folder called "install" 04:33 Edit autoexec.bat through Configuration Tool: permanent mount commands 05:35 Windows 3.1 setup starts 07:15 Edit autoexec in win31.conf : set path and temp file folder 08:22 Prepare driver folders, copy them to "c" folder 09:10 Video driver setup 10:21 Mouse driver setup 12:45 Audio driver setup 16:23 Play MIDI, make MIDI mapper setting change, play MIDI again 18:55 Windows 3.1 application installation and playing - WordPerfect 6.1 21:45 DOS game DOOM demo 22:42 Mount physical CD ROM as VM D: drive 23:49 Change setting to start VM in full screen mode 24:10 Make Dosbox -X start from this DOS/Win3.1 VM by default 25:23 Edit autoexec to auto clear screen & add customized logon message. 26:15 Make DosBox -X auto start & take over after XP logon 27:40 Video for the final work of the PC ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtZQ3B4lXzA