Herc9x v0.5

Bare-Metal Installation Support

You can now install Windows 95 from scratch on a Hercules-only system — no VGA card needed!

What's new

• SETUPMOD utility included in release — pre-integrates the Herc9x driver into Windows 95 Setup so you can select "Hercules Graphics Card (ISA)" during installation
• Bare-metal installation guide (baremetal.md) — step-by-step walkthrough for installing Win95 on a system with only a Hercules card
• W9XHERC subfolder in the release zip with everything needed for bare-metal setup: SETUPMOD.EXE, HERCULES.DRV, HERCMINI.DRV, HERCMINI.VXD, HERC9X.INF, and a README
• wmake release target — standardized release packaging in the makefile

Previous changes (since v0.4)

• Async blit timer tuned to match Hercules refresh rate (~50.9 Hz)
• Built-in CAB creator replaces MAKECAB.EXE dependency (runs in real-mode DOS)
• Stack overflow and MSCDEX fixes in SETUPMOD

Release contents

Herc9x-v0.5.zip
  hercmini.drv    - Display driver
  hercmini.vxd    - VxD mini-driver
  herc9x.inf      - Device installation INF
  bsplash.exe     - Boot splash utility
  install.txt     - Installation guide
  W9XHERC/        - Bare-metal setup files
    setupmod.exe   - Setup modifier utility
    hercules.drv   - Win3.1 Hercules driver (for Setup GUI phase)
    hercmini.drv   - Display driver
    hercmini.vxd   - VxD mini-driver
    herc9x.inf     - Device installation INF
    README.TXT     - Quick start guide