Seems a bit impossible to me as well but Fred has made computers do things that would make ordinary men involuntarily lose their bladder so I look forward to the story/explanation.
Sellam On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 6:46 PM Glen Slick via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 6:16 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org > > > wrote: > > > >> Win95/Win98 would be happy with a PC/AT 286, with appropriate RAM > > > > On Thu, 22 Dec 2022, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > > I don't think "happy" is how I would describe that. > > > Would it run? Maybe. > > > Would I want to run it like that? Nope. Not at all. > > > > I stand corrected. > > "Run", no. > > "limp along", yes > > It could do a few useful things; but was far from suitable for general > > purpose. > > > > Shirley none of you are serious about a 32-bit (at least partially) > operating system being able to execute on a 286 processor. > > You couldn't even run Windows 3.1 in Enhanced mode on a 286 processor. > > > >
