>Discussion between chad and Yolanda
> Y :DOS 6.22 and Win3.1, especially the
> Y:minimum harddrive size.
>
>
>I had IBM DOS 5.02 and Win3.1 on a 286 with a 40meg MFM
>
>I had Win3.1 with PCDOS 7 on a 386sx-16 with an 80meg drive.
Yes, that is indeed of use. I believe the hard disk in question is at
least 80MB. That is good, the memory is sufficient, so they will be able
to have a familiar GUI.
> Y:>Also, If a computer has been passed under a giant electron magnet
> >to be decomissioned, what sorts of things would you have to do to
> >get it up and running again, or is it even possible?
>
>How, why, who, and How did you get it afterwords?
>
>Demilitarized computer equipment. Consider the time to low level format
>100 hard drives vs passing 100 workstations under a large magnet before
>sending off for recycling, real cheap.
So, would the bios survive? Enough code left in CMOS to run
settings? Microprocessor instructions? What about the other chipsets, are
these things able to survive strong EMI fields?
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