Hardware Options When Installing Windows 3.1

Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q84195
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

This article lists the hardware options offered during the installation of Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1. If the Setup program offered any other choices for hardware, then you have a OEMx.INF file located in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, or you are not using Microsoft Windows but an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) version of Windows. Additional support must be obtained from the manufacturer.

MORE INFORMATION

The following choices are listed when installing.

Computer

MS-DOS System AST Premium 386/25 and 386/33 (CUPID) AT&T PC Everex Step 386/25 (or Compatible) Hewlett-Packard: all machines IBM PS/2 Model P70 IBM PS/2 Model L40sx NCR: all 80386 and 80486 based machines NEC PowerMate SX Plus NEC ProSpeed 386 Toshiba 1200XE Toshiba 1600 Toshiba 5200 Zenith: all 80386 based machines AT&T NSX 20 : Safari notebook MS-DOS System with APM Intel 386SL Based System with APM Other (Requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)

Display

8514/a 8514/a (Small fonts) Compaq Portable Plasma EGA EGA black and white (286 only) EGA Monochrome (286 only) Hercules Monochrome IBM MCGA (286 only) Olivetti/AT&T Monochrome or PVC Display QuadVGA, ATI VIP VGA, 82C441 VGAs TIGA (Small fonts) TIGA (Large fonts) VGA VGA (Version 3.0) VGA with Monochrome display Super VGA (800x600, 16 colors) Video 7 512K, 640x480 256 colors Video 7 512K, 720x512 256 colors Video 7 1Mb, 800x600 256 colors Video 7 1Mb, 1024x768 256 colors (Large fonts) Video 7 1Mb, 1024x768 256 colors (Small fonts) XGA (640x480, 16 colors) XGA (Small fonts) XGA (Large fonts) XGA (640x480, 256 colors) Other (Requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)

Mouse

HP Mouse (HP-HIL) Logitech Microsoft, or IBM PS/2 Genius serial mouse on COM1 Genius serial mouse on COM2 Mouse Systems serial or bus mouse Mouse Systems serial mouse on COM2 No mouse or other pointing device Olivetti/AT&T Keyboard Mouse Other (Requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)

Keyboard

All AT type keyboards (84 - 86 keys) AT&T '301' keyboard AT&T '302' keyboard Enhanced 101 or 102 key US and Non US keyboards Hewlett-Packard Vectra keyboard (DIN) Olivetti 101/102 A keyboard Olivetti 83 key keyboard Olivetti 86 Key keyboard Olivetti M24 102 key keyboard PC-XT 83 key keyboard PC/XT - Type keyboard (84 keys) Other (Requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)

Keyboard Layout

Belgian British Canadian Multilingual Danish Dutch Finnish French French Canadian German Icelandic Italian Latin American Norwegian Portuguese Spanish Swedish Swiss French Swiss German US US-Dvorak US-International Other (Requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)

CodePage

Canadian-French (863) Icelandic (861) Nordic (865) Multi-Lingual (850) Portuguese (860) English (437)

Language

Danish Dutch English (American) English (International) Finnish French French Canadian German Icelandic Italian Norwegian Portuguese Spanish Spanish (Modern) Swedish Other (Requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)

Network

No Network Installed 3Com 3+Open (versions 1.X) 3Com 3+Open (version 2.0 Basic) 3Com 3+Open (version 2.0 Enhanced) 3Com 3+Share Artisoft LANtastic (versions below 3.0 Unsupported) Artisoft LANtastic (versions 3.X) Artisoft LANtastic (versions 4.X) Banyan Vines (versions below 4.0 Unsupported) Banyan Vines (versions 4.0x) Banyan Vines (version 4.1) IBM OS/2 LAN Server (versions below 1.2 Unsupported) IBM OS/2 LAN Server (without /API option) IBM OS/2 LAN Server (version 1.2 or 1.3) IBM OS/2 LAN Server (version 1.3 CSD 5015/5050) IBM OS/2 LAN Server (version 2.0) IBM PC LAN Program (all versions) Microsoft LAN Manager (version 1.x) Microsoft LAN Manager (version 2.0 Basic) Microsoft LAN Manager (version 2.0 Enhanced) Microsoft LAN Manager (version 2.1 Basic) Microsoft LAN Manager (version 2.1 Enhanced) Microsoft Network (or 100% compatible) Novell NetWare (shell versions below 3.01 Unsupported) Novell NetWare (shell versions below 3.21) Novell NetWare (shell versions 3.21 and above) Novell NetWare (shell versions 3.26 and above) DEC Pathworks (versions below 4.0 unsupported) DEC Pathworks (version 4.0) DEC Pathworks (version 4.1 or higher) TCS 10Net (versions below 4.1 Unsupported) TCS 10Net (versions 4.1x) TCS 10Net (versions 4.1x with DCA 1M card) TCS 10Net (versions 4.2 and above) TCS 10Net (version 5.0) Other (Requires disk provided by a network manufacturer)


KBCategory: kbnetwork kbdisplay kbhw kb3rdparty kbref
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11 3rdparty


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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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