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| 75278 | 2002-09-01 03:27:00 | You need more than the minimum (512 or 640 k) memory to run Windows on a 286 (2 MB from memory, and I seem to remember that it wasn't W3.1). RAM was expensive then --- so was everything. But there are lots of games for DOS. Poppa, even booting with real DOS (or free DOS ... look at google for that), a lot of the early games ran too fast on 286s: they used the CPU for timing, and relied on 4.77 MHz. 8 and 12 MHz ATs made the games unplayable. I don't know what they would be like with a 3 GHz clock, but I can imagine.;-) "Turbo" switches were added to AT clones for that reason. There were a lot of TSRs available (some will still be on Simtel) to slow the machine down for games. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 75279 | 2002-09-01 06:48:00 | I have win3.1 running on my 1MB 286. It leaves about 400KB free and doesn't support a swapfile, so it's fairly useless apart from running the included apps (eg paint, solitare etc). | bmason (508) | ||
| 75280 | 2002-09-01 09:33:00 | Short answer is no. No to a 386. No to a 486. Mostly no to a 586 (Pentium to us mortals). Pentium II is worthwhile. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 75281 | 2002-09-01 10:36:00 | Come on robo, where's ya sense of adventure :p | antmannz (28) | ||
| 75282 | 2002-09-01 11:18:00 | Re my old clutch of 5.25" floppy games discs & stuff. I am going to byte the bullet & dump then in the "Inorganic" rubbish collection shortly. If anyone wants them come & get them 09 2793909, Cost you 5 chocolate fish. Heartbroken Poppa John :( :( | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 75283 | 2002-09-01 11:59:00 | So if just want to play a couple of old games it will be alright.. | johnboy (217) | ||
| 75284 | 2002-09-01 19:26:00 | It just isn't worth the bother though, Ant, unless you like having useless things to dust. robo. |
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