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Article #2051Re: Windows 3.0 and 286's.
From: Adrian Keats
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 1990 22:04
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 1990 22:04
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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? >. I have installed Windows 3.0 on a NEAT 286. Initially it would only run in real mode beacause it couldn't find any extended memory. After re-configuring the cmos to exclude any shadowram/expanded etc, leaving standard 640k + 384k extended memory Windows 3.0 runs in standard mode. The speed may not be remarkable (it is 'only' a 16MHz 286) but the memory management of Windows 3.0 is excellent. Running Windows 3.0 in real mode is just a prettier 2.11 but in standard mode it is something more! Adrian Keats Geelong & District Water Board Phone: +61 52 262334 61-67 Ryrie St Geelong Fax: +61 52 218236 Victoria 3220 Australia -- Adrian Keats Geelong & District Water Board Phone: +61 52 262334 61-67 Ryrie St Geelong Fax: +61 52 218236 Victoria 3220 Australia
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!uhccux!virtue!comp.vuw.ac.nz!munnari.oz.au!bruce!gdwb.OZ.AU!ajk From: ajk@gdwb.oz.au (Adrian Keats) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 and 286's. Message-ID: <ajk.648943473@gorky.isd.gdwb.OZ.AU> Date: 25 Jul 90 22:04:33 GMT References: <6502.26aa2645@uwovax.uwo.ca> Sender: news@gdwb.oz.au Lines: 25