Windows 1.x platforms...

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue May 19 16:24:13 1998

<Some non-clones (such as the DEC Rainbow) ran Windows; basically DEC
<wrote or contracted for the device drivers necessary to make it work.
<I don't recall whether Windows 2.x ran on the 'bow; I didn't have access
<to one during that timeframe.

I know 2.11 was released by DRC for the Rainbow. I still have media
with that on it (used as blanks).

However the cpu was still intel (8088). I think winders didn't run on
the 80186(8) used in one of the tandys and a few oddballs. mostly because
the 186 has some on board peripherals (DMA and interrupts) that were not
PCclone compatable. The '188 cpu was basically 8088/V20

Allison
Received on Tue May 19 1998 - 16:24:13 BST

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