Reply 40 of 50, by wd
win286? Isn't big.
win286? Isn't big.
Last attempt will be with THESE
If no success this damn machine is going back to the dumpster
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What is this Win286 you're talking about?Windows 1.0?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.1x
I never touched Windows until 3.1. What was the point? 😀 I was almost purely DOS, but had a Tandy with Deskmate too (more of a curiosity than anything useful). Windows 3.1 will run on a 286 as well, but not particularly quickly.
Some updates on this thread
I actually got the machine running perfect after washing the motherboard in my dishwasher machine 😎
Running with full 4mb RAM now, Adlib soundcard + Music quest MPU 401 card/Roland CM32L 😁
Not a speed monster but it got good scores in Nortonn sysinfo compared to other 286-12mhz machines but Wing Commander 1 is too much for this oldie 😜
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can freedos run in this pc? or just msdos?
wrote:can freedos run in this pc? or just msdos?
That I would like to know too
I just tried EMM286 also..it works but consumes 64k conventional memory 😳
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wrote:I just tried EMM286 also..it works but consumes 64k conventional memory 😳
It's for the page frame, real EMS boards use 64kB between 640kB-1MB
Type win to loose the power of your computer !
wrote:wrote:I just tried EMM286 also..it works but consumes 64k conventional memory 😳
It's for the page frame, real EMS boards use 64kB between 640kB-1MB
Have one of those boards with 8mb RAM on but no free ISA slots for it *waaah* 😖
Damn desktop case, only 3 16bit ISA slots and 2 8bit 😵
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wrote:Windows 3.1 will run on a 286 as well, but not particularly quickly.
I thought Windows 3.0 was as far as it went.
nah 3.1 will run in Standard mode.