7 Aug
2008
7 Aug
'08
12:54 p.m.
On 7 Aug 2008 at 11:41, Eric J Korpela wrote:
AFAIK, the first windows with a 286 protected mode was
Windows 3.0
with its "standard mode". A lot of Windows 286 apps wouldn't run in
standard mode.
Well, to be fair, Windows 286 and Windows 386 appeared at virtually
the same time. Although 286 used the HMA, if available, you're
absolutely correct in that it didn't make use of 286 protected mode.
That was still the province of the "DOS extender" stuff like Phar
Lap.
ISTR Windows 3.0 "standard mode" on a 386 could be considerably
faster than using the 386 "enhanced" mode--if you had enough memory
installed.
Cheers,
Chuck