Minimum hardware requirements (Was: Old, but not "Classic"

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Nov 13 16:38:43 1998

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Charles Oblender wrote:
> I've seen a 286 that ran Windows 3.0 pretty well.

An 8088 XT will run Windows 3.00
An 80286 AT can also do 3.10
An 80386SX can do Windoze95

3.0 can run with CGA.
3.10 SUPPOSEDLY can use the 3.0 CGA drivers, but they don't always work;
3.1 therefore needs EGA
I've never tried below VGA for Windoze95


I don't know what the mimimum RAM requirements are, but my 486 NEC laptop
can only handle "safe mode". (It has a hardware problem that prevents
upgrading the memory)


NB: MINIMUM requirements are NOT to be confused with RECOMMENDED
configuration. Particularly when it gets to issues of "acceptable
performance".

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