Re: Soft Windows

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From: Dave Porter
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 00:00

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In article <34EB5429.6615@parkfish.demon.co.uk>,
Steve Parker <steve@parkfish.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>I use soft windows 94 (version 4) on an 8100/100 and it runs just fine.  
>It ain't exactly sparkling for speed but for occasional use its is more than 
>adequate.

Excellent, that's what I want really.

>You need LOTS of RAM, but if you have that it will do dandy things 
>like run MS Word for windows 95.

I currently have 96 MB which should be enough, I think.

> As I say, its a bit slow but perfectly 
>emulates a real Pentium PC instruction set and I reckon everything about 
>what you see on teh emulated screen is the same as would be on a real one.

That's what I want , thank God I don't have to buy a PC.

>Its definitely NOT fast enough for any PC games though, so don't get your 
>hopes up

No problem, I don't have any games. Thanks for your help.

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