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Internet in Windows 3.11

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First post, by Dos4/gw

Posted on 2007-11-19, 06:16

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This might be a dumb question (a REALLY dumb question, actually,) but is it possible to connect to the internet on a copy of windows 3.11 running on dosbox? I don't have a modem connection, so it would have to go through my ethernet, and I don't even know if win 3.11 can do that in the first place.

I've been obsessed recently with building a sort of computer within a computer. I've got sound and video running great in windows so far, so all that's really left is internet. Yes, I know that even if I get it running, I probably won't be able to view any pages at all with ie 3, but it's the principal of thing, dammit 😁

Reply 1 of 6, by StickByDos

Posted on 2007-11-19, 12:28

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If you have windows for workgroup 3.11 you can install TCP/IP for wfw

Windows 3.11 (not for workgroup) uses network throught a dos network client

Type win to loose the power of your computer !

Reply 2 of 6, by butterfly

Posted on 2007-11-19, 13:19

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In order to surf and get some upgrades you'll need at least Internet Explorer 4

Reply 3 of 6, by swaaye

Posted on 2007-11-19, 20:19

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IE5 for 3.1 here:
http://www.cintek.com/download/ie5.htm

That is the newest version released for 3.1 AFAIK.

Reply 4 of 6, by butterfly

Posted on 2007-11-19, 20:25

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Can you upgrade from IE 3.0 directly to that IE 5.1 version in Win3.11? If so, that would be very useful

Reply 5 of 6, by Jorpho

Posted on 2007-11-20, 17:25

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Is there a Firefox that will run under Windows 3.11 (or at least with Win32s installed) ? I'm pretty sure there's an old version of Opera out there that might also work, but it will probably have the shareware limitation attached.

Reply 6 of 6, by swaaye

Posted on 2007-11-20, 20:51

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butterfly wrote:
Can you upgrade from IE 3.0 directly to that IE 5.1 version in Win3.11? If so, that would be very useful

Yup.

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