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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Are there PROBLEMS running 286 software on 386SX's?
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Date: 21 Mar 90 17:52:03 GMT
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>I am looking to buy a 386 or 386SX and have access to 286 software
>but I was informed that 286 software wasn't easily portable.  Is this
>true?  

There is very little 286 specific software. Most software today is
still written for the lowest common denominator, the 8088, and will 
run just fine on 286 and 386 processors. The few 286 specific 
software I know of will also run in a 386. The portability
problem is quite minimal.

			   Danny Low
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