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From: rg@uunet!unhd (Roger Gonzalez )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: Memory and Windows 3.0
Message-ID: <1990Nov1.134915.8917@uunet!unhd>
Date: 1 Nov 90 13:49:15 GMT
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Reply-To: rg@unhd.UUCP (Roger Gonzalez )
Organization: Marine Systems Engineering Lab
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Paula:

I put a generic Everex 2 meg board in my '248, and only put in 512K, 
bringing my machine to 1 meg.  The Everex board works fine, and the
memory can be configured to be "extended memory" or "EMS".  The whole
deal was $239 for memory and board.

Running Windows 3.0 on the '286 was tedious.  It will be for you as well,
assuming that you have the same 8MHz no wait state machine that I do.
I'm biased, though, since I've decided that Windows is a piece of trash :-)
For example; ever do this sequence of events?  Run an unknown executable,
decide you don't want to save it, and then delete it.  In windows, this 
is a pain.  If you have a disk space crunch, trying to decide what to save
and what to nuke or move to floppy can make you pull out your hair.  At
work, where I *have* to run windows on a '386, at least the speed is 
tolerable.  Save your money, or buy DesqView.  Windows is all glitter and
no substance.

Just another opinionated flame-war instigating comment from
- Roger
-- 
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting
 than the question of whether a submarine can swim" - Edsgar W. Dijkstra 
rg@unhd.unh.edu               |  UNH Marine Systems Engineering Laboratory
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