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Windows 3.1 and high resolutions

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 04/26/2008
From: (email address - cut out)
Message:

For anyone who has a Windows 3.1 on a virtual PC based on Microsoft
Virtual PC 2007 and would like to have a better display than the SVGA
800x600 with 16 colors. The hardware emulated is a S3 Trio32 with 4 MB
RAM. This also may apply on other virtualization applications as
Parallels and VMware, just find the appropriate diskette with Win 3.1
drivers for the emulated graphic adapter.

This was reproduced using a Windows Vista Premium 64 bit edition with
a Nvidia 8500 GT display adapter using the 64 bit version of Microsof
Virtual PC 2007 version 6.0.156.0 where installing the correcy display
driver ( c:, cd \windows, setup) using the S3 Trio32 drivers diskette
failed to display.

The easier solution is set Windows 3.1 on the common SVGA 800x600
option, and with it install the SciTech Display Doctor 5.3a (freeware
now). This will add support for the S3 Trio32 drivers to work alright.
SDD as it is also named was and still is an excellent graphic utility,
making one interested on knowing what other products they have
nowadays.

First go the the SciTech ftp site

ftp://www.scitechsoft.com/sdd/

and get

10/14/2002 12:00 1,437,431 sdd53a-w.exe

the registration codes are public and free:

SciTech Display Doctor 5.3a
Supports: Windows and DOS.
Free Version Code

Full Name: 5.x Free Edition
Serial No: 00000-816EAD30-20020

copy it to a floppy and execute from Windows 3.1 virtual system, and
install it. You may register the software or not, it will work as well
for 21 days. For now no change will be visible, as the driver still is
the standard svga 800x600

So get the diskette with S3 Trio32 drivers, the hardware emulated by
MS Virtual PC

http://ranger.s3graphics.com/swlib/?license=accept
764drv Trio32 (732) & Trio64 (764) Drivers
w3117004.zip

fill a diskette with those files, and apply again the setup at c:
\windows

as usual at a point the setup will ask for some file not on the
diskette or for other driver disk like a "S3 flat model Trio64V driver
disk". Just answer c:\windows or c:\windows\system or a:\ and it will
go on the installation. In order to keep archives small enough to
floppies drivers disks omit several files already on c:\windows and c:
\windows\system

this time it will work, at least 1024x768 16 bit color smal fonts does
alright
the driver will show "S3 Trio64 1.70.04 1024x768 16M C SF"

By the way, never ever trash a working Pentium III above 500 MHz with
a 3dfx. Some excellent games will only work on then. Older, may be
emulated. Even arcade games have emulator projects. DOS games and some
earlier Windows, also run on virtual PC's. A few however need Direct
3D and Glide only, and THAT, even with glie wrappers, you will not be
able to see again working. So keep the old Pentium 3, get it a nice
new box. Until D3D and Glide are not virtualiZed (if ever).

http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdd_win.html
SciTech Display Doctor 6.53 (Classic Edition)
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SciTech Display Doctor is still the ultimate graphics utility package
for older PC's. If you are using hardware that is more than 5 years
old chances are SciTech Display Doctor for Windows can improve the
performance and stability of your PC by updating your graphics card
display driver.

While SciTech no longer offers support for this edition of SciTech
Display Doctor we understand that the product might be just the fix
you need to keep your older hardware humming along. SciTech Now offers
this product free of charge via our ftp download site or for a minimal
charge On CD.

While the downloadable version is free of charge we hope you will take
the opportunity to support our development efforts in relation to this
product and purchase the CD. By purchasing the CD you will also ensure
that you have convenient access to the last commercial version of
SciTech Display Doctor for Windows as well as many other classic and
unsupported SciTech titles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UniVBE
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UniVBE (short for Universal VESA BIOS Extension) is a software driver
that allows DOS applications written to the VESA BIOS standard to run
on almost any display device made in the last 15 years or so.

The UniVBE driver was written by SciTech Software and is also
available in their product called SciTech Display Doctor.

The primary benefit is increased compatibility and performance with
DOS games. Many video cards have sub-par implementations of the VESA
standards, or no support at all. UNIVBE replaces the card's built-in
support. Many DOS games include a version of UNIVBE because VESA
issues were so widespread.

According to SciTech Software Inc, SciTech Display Doctor is licensed
by IBM as the native graphics driver solution for OS/2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_PC_2004
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Microsoft Virtual PC is a virtualization suite for Microsoft Windows
operating systems, and an emulation suite for Mac OS X on PowerPC-
based systems. The software was originally written by Connectix, and
was subsequently acquired by Microsoft. In July 2006 Microsoft
released the Windows-hosted version as a free product. In August 2006
Microsoft announced the Macintosh-hosted version would not be ported
to Intel-based Macintoshes, effectively discontinuing the product as
PowerPC-based Macintoshes are no longer manufactured.

Virtual PC emulates a standard PC and its associated hardware. Thus,
it can be used to run nearly all operating systems available for the
PC. However, issues can arise when trying to install uncommon
operating systems that have not been specifically targeted in the
development of Virtual PC.

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