Pen Windows 2.0

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Mon Jun 15 13:41:15 1998

On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:

> Computer: GRiDPad 1912 (V20/2mb/20mb HD/640x400x2 6300 CGA mode

CGA is 640x200. If you install GEOS, for example, you'll want to use the
AT&T graphics driver.

> I want to install Pen Windows 2.0 on it, but am not sure which version of
> Windows I need to use with Pen Windows 2.0. When I first acquired Pen, I
> thought it was a full Windows version, but there's no setup, just an
> install.exe file. The other files on the 2 5.25" disk set have the date:
> 05/08/92. IIRC, Windows 3.0 was out then, right? But I don't want to burden
> the poor creature with all that, I was wanting to just put Windows 2.x on
> there.

IIRC, Pen Windows 1.0 was for Windows 3.x, and Pen Windows 2.0 was for
Windows 95. GEOS is by far your best bet if you want to burden the thing
with a GUI.

-- Doug
Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 13:41:15 BST