Run Windows 3.1 in True-Colour Full HD: GitHub – PluMGMK/vbesvga.drv: Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1

This is soooo cool: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – PluMGMK/vbesvga.drv: Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1

Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1

This is a rewrite of the Windows 3.1 SVGA driver, designed to support ALL available 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit or 32-bit graphic modes on any system providing the VESA BIOS Extensions (hence the VBE in the name). It is based on the Video 7 SVGA driver included in the Win16 Driver Development Kit, with most of the hardware-specific code gutted out, and with support added for multi-byte pixels.

Related:

• The above github repository mentions [Wayback/Archive] VESA patch (Windows 3.1x) – Win3x.Org which regrettably has their downloads behind a logon wall, and the Wayback Machine does not have that particular svgapatch.zip properly archived.
  • Some quick searches found back [Wayback/Archive] Japheth’s Site with the svgapatch.zip downloadable from [Wayback/Archive] www.japheth.de/dwnload1.html at Wayback svgaptch.zip with the file being web.archive.org/web/20250106100041/https://www.japheth.de/Download/Win16/svgaptch.zip.
• [Wayback/Archive] WinWorld: Calmira 4.x alternative Windows 3.1 shell

It reminds me of other endevours to keep retro-software easy to use:

• [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – oerg866/win98-mousefix: Windows 98 SE / ME Mouse Driver Patch to remove DOS speed bugs and mouse acceleration
• [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – oerg866/win98-quickinstall: A framework + installer to (very) quickly install Windows 98 on anything from a 486 up to a modern system

These last two links are by [Wayback/Archive] oerg866 / clarry (@oerg866) / X.

More Calmira links (it’s written in Delphi 1, as that was the first and last 16-bit Delphi version):

• [Wayback/Archive] Calmira Online!
• [Wayback/Archive] Calmira Source Code (note the source code for the final 3.31 version got lost)
• [Wayback/Archive] Calmira Downloads
• [Wayback/Archive] Index of /downloads/files/erwin
• [Archive] Calmira II Win3x Shell Archive : http://www.calmira.net/ : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
  • [Archive] Calmira-2 directory listing

Via [Wayback/Archive] RetroTech Chris on X: “Woah! Yea, I am going to have to check this out!”.

Queries:

• [Wayback/Archive] “Japheth” VESA SVGA driver patch – Sök på Google
• [Wayback/Archive] “svgaptch.zip” – Sök på Google
• [Wayback/Archive] calmira windows 3.1 shell – Google Suche

--jeroen