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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:34:51 +0200
From: Philippe Dallemagne <pda AT csem DOT ch>
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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.

Philippe.

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]