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From: amf@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Andrew Fountain)
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Subject: Re: WINDOWS for XT ??
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Date: 21 Jun 91 12:17:28 GMT
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In <5941@uniol.UUCP> Frank2.Simon@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Frank 'Biber' Simon) writes:

>Hi,
>has anybody heard of a WINDOWS-Version for a little XT? I' ve heard
>of such a version, but aren't able to get informations about where to
>get one. Maybe someone can tell me about a XT-WINDOWS-Version and its
>features (I only need WINDOWS to work with PAGEMAKER) and where to buy.

This should go in the FAQ file.
XT's will run Windows fine in CGA graphics. If you wish to run EGA, Herc
or VGA, then unplug your 8088 processor and plug in a V20 (cost about
$10). Not only will this allow the graphics drivers to run, but will
give you a significant speed improvement.

My brother runs PageMaker on an XT (8MHz). It is not very fast but is usable.

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