An interesting bit from our archive knowledgebase... Windows/286 Running on DEC Rainbow with 286 Board [aropenv] ID: Q51199 CREATED: 21-NOV-1989 2.11 WINDOWS Summary: The Rainbow Adaptation Kit for Microsoft Windows/286, marketed by Suitable Solutions, Inc., of Santa Clara, California, permits Rainbow users to install Windows/286 Version 2.11 directly from the Windows/286 retail kit. For more information about the Rainbow Adaptation Kit, contact Suitable Solutions at (408) 727-9090. -----Original Message----- From: Roger Ivie [mailto:IVIE@cc.usu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 10:48 AM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Re: Windows 1.x platforms... since the Back in the Windows 1 timeframe, IBM had not yet taken over the universe. Some non-clones (such as the DEC Rainbow) ran Windows; basically DEC wrote or contracted for the device drivers necessary to make it work. I don't recall whether Windows 2.x ran on the 'bow; I didn't have access to one during that timeframe. Hotze wrote: seemed This is probably a dim memory of the Rainbow port. The Rainbow had both an 8088 and a Z80 (when running MS-DOS, the Z80 was used only for floppy and (IIRC) keyboard I/O). Roger Ivie ivie(a)cc.usu.edu