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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
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- Subject: Re: Dell Issue 2.2
- Keywords: info, bugs fixed...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.202803.24884@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 20:28:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul26.044453.11894@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
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- | Does anyone know if this release from Dell incorporates the latest
- | version of Merge (which I understand will run Windows 3.1)? If not,
- | will the version included run Windows 3.0?
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- The following is my understanding of the situation: no version of
- merge will ever run windows 3.1, because they got rid of real mode
- operation. This means that win3.1 doesn't run on a 8088 anymore and you
- have an excuse to upgrade your XT.
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- My understanding is that it comes with DOS5.0.
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- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
- It never ceases to amaze me that otherwise rational people, able to
- understand calculus, compound interest, and the income tax form, can
- continue to believe that poker is a game of chance.
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