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From: fredei@microsoft.UUCP (Fred Einstein)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows/286
Summary: YES YES YES!!!!
Message-ID: <739@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 89 19:01:59 GMT
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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?
> 
	The official line is that Windows 286 version 2.1 will run just fine
on an 8086 machine.  It comes on high density (1.2 meg) diskettes however so
you may not be able to load it.  Also, the 8514 display driver is '286 
specific.

Fredric Einstein