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[13] [34] While Windows 3.0 was limited to 16 MB maximum memory, Windows 3.1 could access a theoretical 4 GB in the 386 enhanced mode. The actual practical ceiling is 256 MB. [ 35 ] Like its predecessors, it runs as a 16-bit version of Windows; Windows 3.1 is also the last Windows to run on a 16-bit version.
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Apr 6, 2017 · (Of course, Windows 3.1 took up just 11MB of disk space, versus 23GB for my Windows 7 install–a good indication of the OS’s increasing complexity over the years.)
Apr 6, 2022 · Related: Windows 3.0 Is 30 Years Old: Here's What Made It Special. Two years after Windows 3.0, Microsoft shipped Windows 3.1. As with previous versions of Windows, it still ran on top of MS-DOS (the big transition away from the command line would come with Windows 95 a few years later).
Sep 21, 1999 · Memory Limits Imposed by Windows 3.1 ----- The memory limit for Windows 3.1 has been reported as 512 MB. This limit, while technically correct, does need some qualification. This limit applies only to Windows running in standard mode.
Apr 6, 2012 · This was Windows 3.1, released on 6 April 1992, nearly two years after Windows 3.0 was pushed out in May 1990. Minimum system requirements are MS-DOS 3.1 or later, 2MB RAM, and a hard drive with 6MB free.
Feb 14, 2021 · The accepted answer to Windows 98 with 2GB of RAM should be adaptable for Windows 3.1: download and extract HIMEMX ; edit CONFIG.SYS to load that instead of HIMEM.SYS , and specify /MAX=262144 to limit memory to 256MiB ( the practical limit for Windows 3. x ).
Apr 7, 2022 · Windows 3.1 also increased the maximum memory available: when running in 386 enhanced mode, the limit was a mighty 256MB, up from the weedy 16MB of Windows 3.0 (although care needed to be take with the version of the HIMEM.SYS driver.