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Re: Windows 3.0 and 286's.

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From: Jim Winer AT&T, Middletown, NJ
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 1990 15:00
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In article <6502.26aa2645@uwovax.uwo.ca>, singer@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
> Has anybody had any experience with Windows 3.0 and a straightforward
> 286 with 1 mb? I wonder if 3.0 and its programs are really workable
> with such machines and configurations?

Works okay on my DELL 220, but it's slower than 2.11. I also have
turned off shadow RAM so that I have 384 K of expanded available.

Jim Winer -- jwi@mtfme.att.com -- Opinions not represent employer.
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From: jwi@cbnewsj.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 and 286's.
Summary: Works okay, but slower than 2.11
Message-ID: <1990Jul23.150043.12341@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 23 Jul 90 15:00:43 GMT
References: <6502.26aa2645@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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