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Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: Joseph T. Malloy
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 03:06
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In article <hotelca-2808952252320001@192.0.2.1> hotelca@cris.com (Hotel California) writes:
>[snip stuff about modern systems running on 030s and 386s]
>At my school they are running system 7something on 6MB Classics and
>Pluses.  For those of you who don't know, a Classic uses the 68000 chip,
>used in the original 128k Mac introduced on January 24, 19*84* and the
>Plus is the 3rd Mac model, the first to be platinum instead of beige and
>also the first with a SCSI port.  What is the minimum requirements for
>Windows 3.1, a 286?  Windows 95, doesn't that require at *LEAST* a 386 but
>runnnns baaaaad onnnnnn iiiiiit.  Don't even think about putting it on a
>8088 or even 80286.  Heck, a 020 Mac can run 7.5 with no prob.

Well, as long as we're showing how low you can go, Windows 95 will run on
a 386SX at 16 MHz, the lowest speed they made; I have it on a 386SX/25. 
It runs fine on a 386DX/33, by the way, and its obvious that you've no
experience with the OS on that processor.  

The 8088 and 80286 rather passe, so Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and os/2 2.x
and up don't run on it.  Sorta like trying to run system 7.x on a 68000.
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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: 28 Aug 1995 23:06:51 -0400
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