Re: MacPlus question

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From: David C.
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:59

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Mike Dee <mikedee@invalid.invalid> writes:
> 
> Not quite, it was Windows "real mode" for the 8088/8086 cpu that was
> dropped from Win 3.1x
> If a booting Win 3.1x system detects a 286 cpu it launches in 
> "standard" mode, aka "286 protected mode".

Are you sure?  I thought standard mode was dropped when Windows was
upgraded from 3.0 to 3.1.

Unfortunately, I no longer have a 286 PC to test this theory on.  (That
motherboard became flaky and useless many many years ago.)

-- David

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