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You are correct, Philippe. Here's the breakdown as I understand it;

Windows 3.0 will run in real mode on an 8086/8088 (but why would you
want to?), in standard mode on a 286 and 386 enhanced on a 386 or
higher.

Windows 3.1/3.11 does not have real mode. The above on the 286 and 386 
remains the same.

Windows for Workgroups 3.1/3.11 only operates in 386 enhanced mode, and 
only a 386 or higher will run it.

Windows 95 will run on a 386DX/16 or higher. I've done it on a 386DX/25 
with 4 megs of RAM, but again the question is, "why would you want to"? 
I wouldn't even try on a regular basis under less than a 486DX2/66 with 
16 megs of RAM.

BTW, somebody somewhere was asking about running Win95 under another 
DOS; the scuttlebutt during the Caldera lawsuit was that they HAD a 
machine running Win95 under DR-DOS with just a small TSR to provide a 
few functions that DR-DOS didn't have.

HTH

> Date:          Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:34:51 +0200
> From:          Philippe Dallemagne <pda AT csem DOT ch>
> To:            opendos AT delorie DOT com
> AFAIK, you can run Windows 3.0 in real mode on 8086 : win /r
> or standard mode on 286 : win /s
> Windows 3.1 only runs in standard or enhanced (ie protected) mode.
> my 2cts.
> 
> Patrick Moran wrote:
> > I am not certain how well I can explain this. It gets very deep
> > into  understanding the internals of the Intel microprocessors. I
> > think I'll start with WINDOZE 3.x and DOS. You cannot run WINDOZE
> > 3.x on an Intel 8086/88 or 80286 in real mode.
> [snip]

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