Win 3.0

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Thu Jan 29 23:39:04 1998

Les Berry wrote:

> I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that someone said that
> it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT???
>
> A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back
> says it requires a 286.

It has been a long time since I worked with wIN 3.0 but as I recall, Win 3.0
was capable of running in real, standard, and enhanced mode. There was
quite a bit of discussion when it first appeared about the compatibility
with XT computers, hence the real mode operation. You can still find out
some interesting information about starting Windows buy typing "win /?" at
the command prompt. Real mode compatibility was removed for version 3.1.
Interesting sidelight, if you were running a machine capable of using
Windows in enhanced mode, the speed of the machine sometimes picked up if it
was started in Standard mode. As I recall, it was because some of the
enhanced features such as "multitasking" were disabled in standard mode.
Received on Thu Jan 29 1998 - 23:39:04 GMT