Windows 1.x platforms...

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue May 19 21:48:07 1998

<> >....I think winders didn't run on
<> >the 80186(8) used in one of the tandys and a few oddballs. mostly beca
<> >the 186 has some on board peripherals (DMA and interrupts) that were n
<> >PCclone compatable.

It was sufficiently wierd enough that DOS barely ran and most apps didn't
like the climate. Even if windows ran, it was a 186... while faster than
a 8086 it wasn't faster than a 286. The 186 while a neat idea really did
well in the embedded control space where PC compatable hadn't poisoned
everthing.

Allison
Received on Tue May 19 1998 - 21:48:07 BST