- #Windows 3.1 setup disk 2 zip file#
- #Windows 3.1 setup disk 2 drivers#
- #Windows 3.1 setup disk 2 driver#
- #Windows 3.1 setup disk 2 upgrade#
It looks like due to the CGA display, you can only get Windows 3.11 working. There is a “solution” called Calmria that emulates the look of Windows 95, but wont support Win 95 software.
#Windows 3.1 setup disk 2 driver#
I even tried upgrading from Windows 3.1, with it’s native driver support for the Compaq Plasma Display to Windows 95, but could not get the computer to boot after the upgrade. If you’re looking to get Windows 95 working on this machine, you can, but only with an external monitor.
#Windows 3.1 setup disk 2 upgrade#
If you are using a CPU upgrade such as the TI486 SXL2 (40 or 50), you might run into some issues getting windows to start if you are running the cyrix.exe CPU configuration utility – check here for details on flags to use to boot the computer into Windows. I can totally see people using this back in the early 1990’s as their main OS on these machines. Windows 3.1 / 3.11 is surprisingly crisp and useable. After installation you should be able to boot into Windows for Workgroups 3.11 with the gas plasma display, but the windows loading splash screen will show Windows 3.1. That’s it, no other configuration is required. During the installation process, windows should show: If all looks good, hit save, then proceed with installing Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on your Compaq Portable 386. Double check what you have typed against the sample format line right under the tag. If you are editing in the DOS editor, you shouldn’t follow the format of the other entries in as this driver for the plasma has other fields that differ from the ones listed.
#Windows 3.1 setup disk 2 drivers#
These are drivers for Video 7, which you shouldn’t need. Load the second disk (or edit the second disk image) and remove the following files : V7VGA. DR_, V7VGA.3G_, and V7VDD.38_.Next, write the images to disks (skip this step if you are using a GOTEK).Next, download the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 floppy image files here.
#Windows 3.1 setup disk 2 zip file#
First, download the plasma drivers here – this zip file contains all the drivers and other files from Windows 3.1 that work with the gas plasma display.
Note, these instructions are adapted from But, luckily, it turns out it’s actually pretty easy to enable support for the gas plasma display in Windows for Workgroups 3.11. I assume they wanted to save space on the installation floppies. The reason behind it’s removal is that CGA was already pretty a pretty dated standard by the time WfW 3.11 rolled out.
I really wish I could leave it on as art, but I don’t want to burn out the plasma display.īut what about Windows for Workgroups 3.11? Microsoft does not natively, support the Compaq Portable 386’s plasma display in WfW 3.11. Sorry about my unsteady hands… Might have had a beer or two. We can thank Microsoft for offering a native driver to support the gas plasma display for Windows 3.1. Even just getting Windows 3.1 / 3.11 to work to see the awesome screensavers is worth it. Getting Windows 3.1 / 3.11 working on this machine is worth it even if you only intend to exclusively play MS-DOS games as windows actually looks pretty cool with the orange gas plasma display (at the very least, anyone who has one of these machines should try playing solitaire on the gas plasma display) – the crisp resolution combined with the orange glow makes windows quite a unique experience. Installing MS-DOS on the Compaq Portable 386 is pretty straight forward, but before we get into retro-gaming on it, I thought I’d post a quick intro on installing Windows 3.1 on a Compaq Portable 386.