Windows NT 3.51 VMware - Working

[TheCherryKing]

Windows NT 3.xx will NOT run in a virtual machine. Windows NT 3.xx doesn't support multi-core processors. VMware Workstation 7 and later emulate multicore processors. Virtualbox and other emulation programs also emulate multi-core processors. By changing the VMware configuration file I made Windows NT 3.51 and VMware Workstation 6.0 File. It boots up running only a solo-core processor. It can be setup and it runs completely fine. Installing the graphics was a nightmare but it can support 2048 x 1536 32-Bit displays once I got it working.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/56cqo ... NNT351.zip

https://techtalk.ga/download/file.php?id=31

[yourepicfailure]

Actually, in VMWare, all you need to do is set compatibility to 3 when creating the virtual machine and you're ready to go.

[cantasan99]

Did you also apply fix for newer Pentium processors? If not, you can find it on TCB.

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[TheCollector1988]

NT 3.51 RTM doesn't require the Pentium and higher fix.

[cantasan99]

NT 3.51 RTM doesn't require the Pentium and higher fix.

Oh, I have forgotten that. Actually in somewhere I have found an NT 3.51 VM for VirtualBox. At the moment I can't access it, though.

[Overdoze]

NT 3.51 RTM doesn't require the Pentium and higher fix.

1024 and 1057 don't, 944 does however.

[neonsonicboy]

Windows NT 3.xx will NOT run in a virtual machine. Windows NT 3.xx doesn't support multi-core processors. VMware Workstation 7 and later emulate multicore processors. Virtualbox and other emulation programs also emulate multi-core processors. By changing the VMware configuration file I made Windows NT 3.51 and VMware Workstation 6.0 File. It boots up running only a solo-core processor. It can be setup and it runs completely fine. Installing the graphics was a nightmare but it can support 2048 x 1536 32-Bit displays once I got it working.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/56cqo ... NNT351.zip

https://techtalk.ga/download/file.php?id=31

NT 3.51 works fine in VirtualBox for me and I don't recall modifying anything (VirtualBox 4.3.28 on Windows Server 2012 R2).

[Darkstar]

I'm pretty sure NT 3.5 works fine in VMware, if you don't require a higher resolution (because of their non-standard SVGA chipset which lacks NT3 drivers). I had it running at some point, and I usually use VMware (simply because I get the Workstation licenses for free and it works great with every newer O/S that I use regularly)

[louisw3]

Windows NT 3.xx will NOT run in a virtual machine.

I love these false assertions.

No, it has run in virtual software for YEARS.

[roytam1]

I'm pretty sure NT 3.5 works fine in VMware, if you don't require a higher resolution (because of their non-standard SVGA chipset which lacks NT3 drivers). I had it running at some point, and I usually use VMware (simply because I get the Workstation licenses for free and it works great with every newer O/S that I use regularly)

you have vbemp driver for higher resolution.

[ovctvct]

Windows NT 3.xx will NOT run in a virtual machine. Windows NT 3.xx doesn't support multi-core processors. VMware Workstation 7 and later emulate multicore processors. Virtualbox and other emulation programs also emulate multi-core processors. By changing the VMware configuration file I made Windows NT 3.51 and VMware Workstation 6.0 File. It boots up running only a solo-core processor. It can be setup and it runs completely fine. Installing the graphics was a nightmare but it can support 2048 x 1536 32-Bit displays once I got it working.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/56cqo ... NNT351.zip

https://techtalk.ga/download/file.php?id=31

NT 3.51 works fine in VirtualBox for me and I don't recall modifying anything (VirtualBox 4.3.28 on Windows Server 2012 R2).

Except that, for me, I had to disable VT-x.

[Overdoze]

Well that's pretty natural when you're running an OS that is officially 20 years old now and was originally designed to run on a 486, which itself is over 25 years old.