Calmira was first released in 1997 to bring a Win95-inspired shell replacement to Windows 3.1.
With the latest release, Calmira Reborn, paired with MS-DOS 7, for long file name support, plus some other tools, it's totally possible to make it a fully working Windows 95 total conversion.
And yes, it even supports Long Filenames, the real thing, even for 16-bit applications!
00:00 Intro
00:41 Calmira 1.0
03:18 Calmira II 3.3
04:18 Into Long Filenames, with FreeDOS
06:32 Long Filenames, with MS-DOS 7 and Calmira LFN 3.32
08:05 Calmira Reborn
08:28 Win95 Window Decorations with Mask98
09:59 Logn Filenames for 16-bit Applications?
12:33 Total Conversion, with a custom boot logo
13:01 Conclusion
Links:
The "Alternate OS Shell" Series by TPC:
• Alternate OS Shells
Calmira 1.0, 2.0, Calmira II, Calmira LFN:
www.calmira.de/
Calmira Reborn:
huntertur.net/calmirar.html
Calmira 3.4:
www.yushatak.com/calmira.html
Calmira XP:
www.abzone.be/
Calmira Longhorn & Blackcomb:
web.archive.org/web/201202251...
4DOS:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4DOS
Win32s:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win32s
About DOS Filenames, 8.3 and LFNs:
www.adoxa.altervista.org/doslfn/
winworldpc.com/product/long-f...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_fil...
Windows 3.1 patches to run on MS-DOS 7.1 with FAT32 and LFN:
www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?...
Windows 3.x on FreeDOS:
virtuallyfun.com/2021/07/27/f...
web.archive.org/web/202108112...
Long Filenames for 16-bit Apps, on Win95 only:
archive.org/details/name_it
Long Filenames on Windows 3.1, IFA / Instant File Access:
www.sharewarejunkies.com/8ik3/...
www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?...
Mask98 / PRWin98:
www.win3x.org/win3board/viewto...
archive.org/details/16-32-bit...
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