Subj : Re: win 3.1 on intel inboard
To   : kirkspragg
From : hyjinx
Date : Wed Jun 18 2025 05:38 pm

 ki> Just seen it, thats quite interesting. I'm not that surprised the benchmar
 ki> performance is in the 286 territory given that a lot will be hampered by t
 ki> 4.77 Mhz ISA bus. Though I would have expected a bit more, the memory is o
 ki> same board as the 386 so that shouldn't be that bottlenecked....

I'd say it's in the 386 territory especially when it doesn't need to do bus transfers
ki> Also interesting to see that win 3.1 wasn't happy running in
enhanced mode  ki> though a custom intel modified win 3.0 worked.
 ki> 
 ki> That may mean there's hope yet of getting things working in win 3.1... Win
 ki> & win3.1 are not that different sometimes you cold get unsupported hardwar
 ki> working in win 3.1 by using a win 3.0 driver.
I believe someone has already gotten it going with Windows 3.11 (but not 3.1)

 ki> 
 ki> So I did some searching around the Internet and if this old vfecd.org post
 ki> correct, if you've got the intel modified win 3.0 working, you should be a
 ki> to get win 3.1 working as well with a few tweaks & copied .drv files.
hmmm, I'll check it out!

 ki> 
 ki> nc_mike's post (post #10) outline's the files & config changes they made. 
 ki> wonder if this will work for you.
 ki> 
 ki> https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/running-win32s-on-ibm-5150-with-
 ki> d-386-pc.50051/
I'll give it a shout!

 ki> 
 ki> ... He's two saucers short of a tea-service.


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