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Article #8306Re: WINDOWS 3.0 On a 80286?
From: Victor C. Limary
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1991 01:53
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1991 01:53
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undrground!seanp@amix.commodore.com (Sean Petty) writes:
> I just encountered something very distressing in Compute! magazine. The
> article says that I CANNOT multitask with Windows 3.0 on a 80286? I
> wanted to be able to run my BBS in the backround, and other applications
> in the foreground. This WILL NOT work? I have 9 megs of RAM, and 150 megs
> of storage, on a 12 MHz AT......
>
>
> Please, Someone tell me this isn't true!!
>
>
> Sean
Even if you could do it, you wouldn't want to. Get Desqview 2.3. It'll
do a better job (FASTER! MORE COMPATIBILTY!), and since you're going to
be using the com port, you'll need all the speed you can get, unless you
have a FIFO buffered UART.
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