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Windows 3.1 on Symbian OS

May 14, 2009 L'tty Leave a comment Go to comments

Yesterday, I presented you the Scumm Virtual Machine for Symbian phones which provides features to play Amiga, DOS or Windows games on a Nokia handheld for example. Today, where getting a bit into details. As some people might already know, the DOSBox has also been ported to Symbian which means, it is now possible to run any DOS application on a Symbian mobile phone. Any application means also the Windows 3.1 operating system which is more or less just a view for DOS.

A hacker called Marchin-PRV used the DOSBox to emulate the x86-class processor on a Nokia N95 (Symbian OS 3rd Ed) in order to install Microsoft’s 1992 OS. Totatlly useless? Maybe! But actually really badass ;-)


DOWNLOAD DOXBox v0.72 for Symbian by kolijoco (release 20090305):
http://rapidshare.com/files/20713991…x_s60.rar.html
http://www.sendspace.pl/file/z9cGJAZq/

DOWNLOAD Windows 3.1 (English) for Symbien:
http://rapidshare.com/files/207139919/win31en.rar.html
http://www.sendspace.pl/file/pUi8IxwM/

DOSBox Information

If you use a new version of the DOSBox up to 12MB RAM can be allocated for Windows 3.1 on the Nokia N95 device and similar phones. Additionally, the default Windows Shell (the program manager) can be disabled. Instead, you could just use Calmira II.

  1. Follow the instructions
  2. Edit “e:\Data\dosbox.conf”
  3. Set memsize=8 or more
  4. Change the last line to “c:\windows\win.com /s”
  5. Edit “e:\Data\windows\system.ini”
  6. Add “;shell=progman.exe”
  7. Add “shell=c:\Programs\Calmira\Calmira.exe”

INSTALLATION GUIDE

DOSBox v0.72 for Symbian

  • Uninstall previous DOSBox versions.
  • Unpack the DOSBox_s60.rar archive to your memory card.
  • Install all applications listed in the install directory.
  • Install dosbox.sisx on Nokia handhelds wotj 128MB RAM (Nokia N95-2, N82)
  • Install dosbox_slim.sisx on Nokia handhelds with less RAM

Windows 3.1 for Symbian (incl. Norton Commander 5)

  • Unpack the Win31en.rar archive to your memory card.
  • Run the previously installed DOSBox

Current Release

This release version carries a MCGA driver for 320×200 resulution as well as the Win32s v1.30c with OLE

Suggestions

  • To change the allocated memory (2MB) by the DOSBox edit the line “memsize=2″ in the file “e:\Data\dosbox.conf”.
  • If your mobile phone provides enough RAM, you could possibly install the Sound Blaster 16 driver (Control Panel -> Drivers -> Add -> Creative Lab Sound Blaster 1.5 -> Restart

2. If your mobile phone have enough RAM memory you can install Sound Blaster 16 driver:
Control Panel -> Drivers -> Add -> Creative Lab Sound Blaster 1.5 -> Restart

Using the T9 Keypad

  • Receive Call button – Switching between input modes
  • End Call button - Exit from DOSBox
  • Pen key – Shift
  • Delete key – Backspace
  • Thumb pad – Arrows and Enter
  • Right key – Escape
  • Left key – Space

Mode 1:

First line keys = a d g j m p t w space
First line keys + Pen =: A D G J M P T W space
Second line keys + * = b e h k n q u x .
Second line keys + * = Pen + * B E H K N Q U X
Third line keys + # = c f i l o r v y \
Third line keys + Pen + # = C F I L O R V Y |
Fourth line keys + 1 = s z
Fourth line keys + Pen + 1 = S Z

Mode 2:

Numbers = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Numbers + Pen = ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )

Mode 3:

Thumb Pad - Moving mouse
* = Right mouse button
# = Left mouse button

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