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From: brand@janus.uucp (Graham Brand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: PC AT clones, MSDOS and OS2 - request for info.
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Date: 3 May 88 18:17:40 GMT
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I was about to buy an AT clone recently when one of my friends
mentioned that not all AT's will run OS2 and give true multitasking!
This brought up the more fundamental question of the difference between
the 8086, 80286 and 80386. I had thought that the main difference was
that the 80286 supported truw multitasking while the '386 supported that
as well as true multiuser capability. If that is the case, why would
the make of clone matter? Would someone on the net advise enlighten me?
Please reply via e-mail as I read the net somewhat sporadically.

Cheers,
Graham Brand  {   ..!hplabs!ucbvax!janus!brand   }
	      {   brand@janus.berkeley.edu       }
	      {   brand@janus.UUCP		 }