Old, but not "Classic"

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed Nov 11 05:59:00 1998

Sam Ismail wrote:

> Many cities have computer recycling centers where they take PCs that can
> run Windows, refurbish them, and then donate them to schools. Notice I
> said "can run Windows". Unfortunately, anything that doesn't fit this
> definition is foreign to them. So you'll have to find a practical
> application for 286's.

Unless you're talking about Win98, 95 or Workgroups, a 286 with 1 mb of ram can
and does run Windows 3.11 very well. I have 2 machines here in the 286 class that
run Netscape (older version) under Windows 3.11 and have 4 mb of ram on a fair
sized hard disk (120mb). They're also PS/2's to boot.

I believe Allison has a model 50Z (a 286 also) running Windows for her scanner.
The PC/XT class may be junkers for them though.
Received on Wed Nov 11 1998 - 05:59:00 GMT

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