29 Jan
1998
29 Jan
'98
11:10 p.m.
I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that someone said that
it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT???
A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back
says it requires a 286.
So whats the deal?
Les
29 Jan
29 Jan
11:39 p.m.
Les Berry wrote:
I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that someone
said that
it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT???
A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back
says it requires a 286.
It has been a long time since I worked with wIN 3.0 but as I recall, Win 3.0
was capable of running in real, standard, and enhanced mode. There was
quite a bit of discussion when it first appeared about the compatibility
with XT computers, hence the real mode operation. You can still find out
some interesting information about starting Windows buy typing "win /?" at
the command prompt. Real mode compatibility was removed for version 3.1.
Interesting sidelight, if you were running a machine capable of using
Windows in enhanced mode, the speed of the machine sometimes picked up if it
was started in Standard mode. As I recall, it was because some of the
enhanced features such as "multitasking" were disabled in standard mode.
30 Jan
30 Jan
1:49 a.m.
Marvin wrote:
Les Berry wrote:
Yeah, something like that. You can run Word or you can print. Don't
try to print from Word. It will get ugly.
Windows 3.0 will _not_ work on anything less than a 286. Or in my
experience on a 286 with an 8-bit bus (Tandy TL/2). Unless there's
a trick I missed. (Yes, I had the CGA drivers at hand).
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that
someone said that
it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT???
A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back
says it requires a 286.
It has been a long time since I worked with wIN 3.0 but as I recall, Win 3.0
was capable of running in real, standard, and enhanced mode. There was
quite a bit of discussion when it first appeared about the compatibility
with XT computers, hence the real mode operation. You can still find out
some interesting information about starting Windows buy typing "win /?" at
the command prompt. Real mode compatibility was removed for version 3.1.
Interesting sidelight, if you were running a machine capable of using
Windows in enhanced mode, the speed of the machine sometimes picked up if it
was started in Standard mode. As I recall, it was because some of the
enhanced features such as "multitasking" were disabled in standard mode.
9:07 a.m.
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Windows 3.0 will _not_ work on anything less than a
286. Or in my
experience on a 286 with an 8-bit bus (Tandy TL/2). Unless there's
a trick I missed. (Yes, I had the CGA drivers at hand).
Funny you mention that... I was following this thread trying to remember
if it was an SL/2 or TL/2 that I ran Windows 3.0 on. I'm pretty sure it
was a TL/2, but it was one of the two for sure. So... I don't remember if
there was a 'trick', but Windows 3.0 definitely will run on an 8-bit bus
machine.
ttyl
srw
11:23 a.m.
Scott Walde wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Guess I'll have to dig the beast out of the closet and try again. As I
recall, when I was trying it I was distracted by doing my first Linux
install on my 386/25 (12+" stack of floppies), and wasn't giving the TL/2
my full attention. It's been awhile, so of course I don't remember the
error messages I got. It's on the "to do" list, but not exactly the top
priority.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
Windows 3.0 will _not_ work on anything less than
a 286. Or in my
experience on a 286 with an 8-bit bus (Tandy TL/2). Unless there's
a trick I missed. (Yes, I had the CGA drivers at hand).
Funny you mention that... I was following this thread trying to remember
if it was an SL/2 or TL/2 that I ran Windows 3.0 on. I'm pretty sure it
was a TL/2, but it was one of the two for sure. So... I don't remember if
there was a 'trick', but Windows 3.0 definitely will run on an 8-bit bus
machine. 
12:04 a.m.
At 00:10 1/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that someone
said that
it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT???
A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back
says it requires a 286.
So whats the deal?
Deal is, you can't run Windows 3.x on any processor that doesn't have
protected mode. I think the last Windows you could run on an XT was 2.1.
__________________________________________
Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org
http://www.chac.org/index.html
Computer History Association of California
8:33 a.m.
At 10:04 PM 1/29/98 -0800, you wrote:
At 00:10 1/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
I saw a package of Win 2.0 in a surplus store here if anyone really wants
it I'll pick it up. No docs just the set of disks.
Joe
I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that
someone said that
it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT???
A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back
says it requires a 286.
So whats the deal?
Deal is, you can't run Windows 3.x on any processor that doesn't have
protected mode. I think the last Windows you could run on an XT was 2.1.
__________________________________________
Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org
http://www.chac.org/index.html
Computer History Association of California
6:20 a.m.
At 12:10 AM 1/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that someone said that
it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT???
A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back
says it requires a 286.
So whats the deal?
Les,
IIRC Windows 2.x was the last to support real mode. Windows 3.0 only had
two modes, standard (286) and enhanced (386).
Bob
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