EGA on Windows for Workgroups 3.11

From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter_at_shell.monmouth.com>
Date: Sat Nov 14 10:13:43 1998

> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Date: Saturday, 14 November 1998 10:11
> Subject: Minimum hardware requirements (Was: Old, but not "Classic"
>
>
> >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
> in real mode, yes, have a friend who still has one
> with it installed.
>
> >An 80286 AT can also do 3.10
> and 3.11 as well. In Standard mode.
> Again, a friend has an NEC compatible with 6mb of ram
> and Win 3.11 installed. Works pretty well actually.
>
> >An 80386SX can do Windoze95
>
>
> I have done this. It does work. But it is VERY slow.
> Microsoft don't recommend it, since 95 is optimised for
> 32 bit all the way. But it's possible, if you are a masochist.
>
> >3.0 can run with CGA.
>
> 3.x (.0 .1 &.11) can use EGA, CGA and even Hercules, I've done the EGA &
> CGA, not
> tried Hercules, but the drivers are on Microsofts Windows 3.x Driver library
> site.
>
> >3.10 SUPPOSEDLY can use the 3.0 CGA drivers, but they don't always work;
>
> Seems to be card dependent. But it does work on many.
>
> >3.1 therefore needs EGA
> >I've never tried below VGA for Windoze95
>
> EGA is allegedly possible, but I've never tried it. I believe it involves
> using 3.x drivers or some other ugliness. But it is supposed to be possible.

Sure works here. I've also used Hercules drivers with Windows For Workgroups.
This got TCP/IP and the internet up on a 386SX 25 here.
Use old OLD 1.x netscape. I'm not sure if 2.0 works with less than
VGA. V1.x did just fine. I actually put in a Mono-VGA card from
Paradise that lets me use the EGA driver and runs fairly well.
I like it better than the old mono driver I had tried.

The trick is there's no Windows For Workgroups RLE logo for non-vga... but
I pulled the 3.0 logo from my 3.0 set and used that instead after I got
tired of seeing the blank screen at startup time.

The logo's concatinated with the binary to make the win.com file.

I don't believe you can run Win95 the same way... on 3.x drivers.

Bill
Received on Sat Nov 14 1998 - 10:13:43 GMT