Intel486dx33 wrote:The 486 IBM PS/1 came preloaded with DOS and Win3.1 ( 16-bit operating systems ).
Windows 95 was a 32-bit operating system. It w […]
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The 486 IBM PS/1 came preloaded with DOS and Win3.1 ( 16-bit operating systems ).
Windows 95 was a 32-bit operating system. It was a different era in computing and hardware.
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Some of the fastest video cards available for the VLB slot where the Cirrus Logic 5426, 5428 and 5429.
The 5430 was only available on PCI and was onboard on the 486 IBM 330 computer.
486s ARE 32-bit systems. Windows 95 was designed to WORK on 486s (it was the predominantly used cpu type at the time of release) and REPLACE Dos/win3.x. It was BACKWARD compatible and totally suitable for those systems if they fitted the hardware requirements and very capable running most Dos and win3.x programs. Hence the release of Windows 95 UPGRADE at the product launch. In case you didn't know 486s are quite capable of running 32 bit software/operating systems such as NT 3.x, Linux, OS/2 v2-3(an IBM product and available for your system if the customer wanted it at purchase) and a few others.
Just because a system was bundled with certain software/operating system doesn't mean it is incapable of running other software/operating systems. An example my Compaq all-in-one P75 system is a 32-bit system but it was shipped with MSDos6.22/Windows 3.11. When windows 95 came out those still up for sale and even those already bought were offered Windows 95 (usually via a Windows 95 promo card on purchase) or had Windows 95 UPGRADE bundled with the original dos/win3.x package when sold after Windows 95s release. I have ALL the original software for that system to prove it.