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Article #12318Re: MacPlus question
From: Mike Dee
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:26
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:26
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shamino@techie.com (David C.) wrote in news:m23brgg66u.fsf@qqqq.invalid: > 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. Real Mode was dropped in 3.1 Standard Mode was dropped in 3.11 WFW, which ran only on 386 or newer. A resonable consise read on the topic is here: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.x> > Unfortunately, I no longer have a 286 PC to test this theory on. > (That motherboard became flaky and useless many many years ago.) Same goes for me. -- dee
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Subject: Re: MacPlus question
From: Mike Dee <mikedee@invalid.invalid>
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