From: "Mike Webb" To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:06:09 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: About Micro$quash DOS 7 (hiding in Win98). In-reply-to: <39C7414B.C9775E82@csem.ch> Message-Id: <20000919170727.2AE465003F@zagnut.hotpop.com> X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: opendos AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk 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 > 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]