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Subject: Re: Windows/286
Message-ID: <1944@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 89 23:41:23 GMT
References: <399@sjfc.UUCP> <2916@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: riordan@frith.UUCP (Mark Riordan)
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In article <2916@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> pfeifer@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Mark C Pfeifer) writes:
>Once and for all:  Will post 2.03 versions of Windows (now Windows/286)
>operate on my 8088-based PC?  I do realize it is slow, but I have heard 
>conflicting accounts over whether it would even run.  So, what's the
>official line?
>
>					Mark
I don't know what the official line is, but Windows/286 2.1 does indeed
run on an 8088.  I have run it on my Columbia 99.9% PC compatible.
I've heard others verify this, too.  In fact, I've never heard 
anyone actually say that Win 2.1 would not run on an 8088