Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sjsca4!poffen
From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Multitasking in Windows with a 286
Message-ID: <1990Sep13.163408.19610@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 13 Sep 90 16:34:08 GMT
References: <1990Sep10.182250.27958@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, San Jose, CA.
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In article <1990Sep10.182250.27958@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> usman@virginia.edu (Usman F. Malik) writes:
>I am a new Windows 3.0 user.  I have a 286-12MHz.  I was not
>sure if I can run non-Windows programs in various windows with
>this setup.  Is this possible?  If so, how can it be done?
>Is it possible to run Windows-apps in various windows as well?
>I should think so, but it has worked once and hasn't worked 
>another time!  Could any of you help me clear this up?  Thanks.
>
>

Windows applications can multitask on any machine that runs windows. Non-
windows applications can ONLY multitask on systems that have the virtual 8086
mode, ie 80386 and 80486.

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