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From: larry@csccat.UUCP (Larry Spence)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Will windows 3 run on 8086 machine?
Message-ID: <3655@csccat.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 90 20:40:39 GMT
References: <1990Apr10.205344.6124@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Reply-To: larry@csccat.UUCP (Larry Spence)
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Organization: Computer Support Corporation. Dallas,Texas
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In article <1990Apr10.205344.6124@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> dcl3@shumv1.ncsu.edu (Dan L'Hommedieu) writes:
>I keep hearing about the 386 protected mode and some other 286 and 386
>modes when discussing Windows 3.0.  Will windows 3 run on my 8086
>machine?  I've got an IBM PS/2 Model 25 (8MHz 8086, 640K).  Am I stuck
>or can I use new windows 3?

Har, har!  Windows *2.1* won't run on an 8086, unless you're into watching
molasses in January!  We tell our users that a minimum config to run a
Windows app is a 10 MHz 80286 machine with 640KB to 1MB of RAM and a fast
hard disk.  Unless I'm mistaken, the Mod 25 doesn't have a terribly fast
hard disk.

Summary: if there was a Windows 3.0, and even if you could run it on your
8086, you wouldn't want to to.  Graphical interfaces don't come cheap.

-- 
Larry Spence
larry@csccat
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