WeirdEars Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Whenever I try and load Windows 1.01 on Virtual PC 2004, there's a lot of beeping and the screen goes all weird. Then it goes back to DOS 6.22...Can anyone here help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMurphy Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I'm pretty sure virtual pc doesn't support anything below win3.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirdEars Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 I'm pretty sure virtual pc doesn't support anything below win3.1I've heard that other people have done it though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravisO Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 (edited) Did you install SP1 for VPC2004? It's mandatory for proper Win 3.11 & DOS support. Obviously the DOS support is an important groundwork for Win 1/2/3 Edited February 15, 2006 by travisowens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirdEars Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 (edited) DOS 6.x causes Windows 1.01 to generate strange garbage.I suppose that's why...I'm running Dos 6.22 on my Virtual machine EDIT: Got it working without the beeping. Sadly, no mouse support Edited February 15, 2006 by WeirdEars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMurphy Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 That's proabably your mouse that isn't supported. Try using an older PS2 mouse if you have one around. Or maybe even a COM mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Win 1.01 doesn't need to be run in a virtual PC, because it's a DOS program. It'll run under a DOSbox in 98 or XP.Same thing with Win 2.03. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravisO Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Win 1.01 doesn't need to be run in a virtual PC, because it's a DOS program. It'll run under a DOSbox in 98 or XP.I'm guessing you're not a VPC user, it's much cleaner to run these within VPC because VPC lets you use generic hardware, where as there might not be good video/sound/motherboard/NIC/etc support in Win 3.x/2.x etc. When it comes to true "playing" or software testing, you need a pure enviroment which is only something VPC will give you. VPC allows things like controlling the HD size, the ram size, etc. You can't do any of that in DosBox.Dosbox and VPC have two TOTALLY DIFFERENT USES. Dosbox is great for playing your old games or apps with limited support of accessing your current NTFS drive. VPC is for using an OS in a true, self contained virtual session.PS: I currently have a DOS 6.22 and Win 3.11 setup in VPC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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