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  2. Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
  3. Subject: Re: AT-Speed and Windows 3.1? (2nd try)
  4. Message-ID: <1992Sep2.174234.1@violet.ccit.arizona.edu>
  5. From: dtarico@violet.ccit.arizona.edu
  6. Date: 2 Sep 92 17:42:34 MST
  7. References: <1992Aug31.231504.1@violet.ccit.arizona.edu> 
  8.  <1992Sep1.143058.1@milori.ccit.arizona.edu><1992Sep1.233319.10304@athena.cs.uga.edu> <0ed3a_m00Vpd0pgmcV@andrew.cmu.edu>
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  14. In article <0ed3a_m00Vpd0pgmcV@andrew.cmu.edu>, sm86+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stefan Monnier) writes:
  15. > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.atari.st: 1-Sep-92 Re: AT-Speed and
  16. > Windows 3... Kristopher Johnson@casto (188)
  17. > 
  18. >> I thought Windows 3.1 required at least a '386 to run?  The AT-Speed C16
  19. >> *IS* only a 16MHz '286, right?  Maybe that's the problem.  Only Windows
  20. >> 2.x will work on a '286, I believe.
  21. > 
  22. >> Steve
  23. > 
  24. > 
  25. > Sure, Windows 3.1 shouldn't run on 286 but 3.0 should !! (even on 8088)
  26. > 
  27. >     Stefan Monnier
  28. > 
  29. > 
  30. > -----------------------------------------------------
  31. > -- On the average, people seem to be acting normal --
  32. > -----------------------------------------------------
  33.  
  34. Windows certainly does work on a 286 system, and even on AT-Speed.  It just
  35. doesn't work on VGA on the AT-Speed.  I had to use EGA to get it to work.
  36. It works just fine, though, and usably fast!
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  38.          Doug Tarico                      
  39.     dtarico@ccit.arizona.edu         Where's it gonna get you when
  40.       doug@sie.arizona.edu               your time comes up?
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