On 6 May 2004, at 20:31, Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There are some relatively unknown Win 3.xx versions. Windows 3.11 still ran on a 286 but included 32bit disk access (or was it file access?) for a 386 and later. There was also the extremely short lived Windows for Workgroups 3.1, which was 386+ only. To further confuse things, there was also Workgroups For Windows 3.11 to add the Workgroups networking functionality to Windows 3.11. I've never found out if that would run on a 286. ;)
Don't forget Workgroups for DOS 6.x -- an add-on that provided access to WinfW 3.11 shares from DOS. I don't know whether that worked on a 286, however, or even whether it was a corporate customer only product. It was certainly on Microsoft's Select price list in the 1990's. Products like Novell LanWorkplace for DOS provided a good TCP/IP stack that worked under DOS and Windows on a 286 upwards. There are also free TCP/IP packet drivers that run on 8088 PCs -- see my project to run a web server on an 8088 powered MacCharlie.
To bring this back on topic, has anyone tried running WinfW 3.11 on an Orange386 NuBus card with an ethernet adapter?
Phil --- http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/
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