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- From: strobl@gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl)
- Subject: Re: How to make OS/2 look bad ...
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- References: <1992Nov10.025631.84134@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:46:50 GMT
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- In <1992Nov10.025631.84134@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> sjb5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (STACY JOHN BEHRENS) writes:
-
- >In article <strobl.721229440@gmd.de>, strobl@gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) writes:
- >>In <4310@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU> rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronal
- >d J. Vaniwaarden) writes:
- >>
- >>[...]
- >>
- >>>This is not different that MS claiming that you _can_ run Windows on a 286
- >>>with 1 mb of ram. Of course, noone ever does this except to prove that it
- >>>can be done.
- >>
- >>Not so fast! I did that (i.e. run Windows on a 286 with 1MByte)
- >>for years, and was quite satisfied with its overall performance.
- >>
- >>Don't claim that nobody did something sucessfully, just because
- >>*you* never did.
-
- >Satisfied with Windows on a 286 with 1 meg? You're kidding right? I guess
- >you really liked the solitaire game.
-
- No, I never played solitare, I lack the necessary patience. But I did a lot of
- Windows programming on such a machine.
-
- >Yes, on a lark I once installed Windows
- >on a DTK 286 with 1 meg of ram and a 40 meg hard drive. It was one of the most
- >pitiful sights I have ever seen. I shudder to think what it would be like on
- >an XT. Yes it can be done, but it *really* sucks and no claims anyone can
- >make will change that.
-
- You never used *really* slow machines, obviously. :-)
-
- Wolfgang Strobl
- #include <std.disclaimer.hpp>
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