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TripleFault [4] | 80686 -> 80486 -> 80386 -> 80286 !?!? (DOSX)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 22.08.2007, 00:19

> > I've heard of people running Win95 on a 486, but XP?? (Doubt it,
> probably
> > implemented as such for some weird compatibility reason.)
>
> XP needs at least Pentium 1 but win98 can run on 386 See the
> LINK.

Very interesting (even without ich spraching Deutsch or whatever)! But isn't that horribly slow? I mean, even Win 3.1 chugs along on my 486, so I can't imagine Win98 on a 386 with such low RAM!! (Good to know that it supports it, though. Kudos to them for that!)

EDIT: Forgot to mention that WinXP, running on my Pentium 4, returns CL=4 (for a 486), which is odd. So that is probably only for some weird software compatibility (I guess).

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Complete thread:

• TripleFault - DOS386, 13.08.2007, 06:46 (DOSX)
  • TripleFault - Japheth, 13.08.2007, 08:24
    • TripleFault [2] - DOS386, 13.08.2007, 08:37
      • TripleFault [2] - Japheth, 13.08.2007, 11:41
        • TripleFault [3] - DOS386, 16.08.2007, 10:09
          • TripleFault [3] - Japheth, 17.08.2007, 10:56
            • TripleFault [4] | 80686 -> 80486 -> 80386 -> 80286 !?!? - DOS386, 19.08.2007, 07:36
              • TripleFault [4] | 80686 -> 80486 -> 80386 -> 80286 !?!? - Rugxulo, 21.08.2007, 03:04
                • TripleFault [4] | 80686 -> 80486 -> 80386 -> 80286 !?!? - Matjaz, 21.08.2007, 11:07
                  • TripleFault [4] | 80686 -> 80486 -> 80386 -> 80286 !?!? - Rugxulo, 22.08.2007, 00:19
                    • TripleFault [5] | 80686 -> 80486 -> 80386 -> 80286 !?!? - DOS386, 25.08.2007, 02:31
                      • TripleFault [5] | 80686 -> 80486 -> 80386 -> 80286 !?!? - Rugxulo, 25.08.2007, 03:15
            • TripleFault [6] VERxx's NOP - DOS386, 31.08.2007, 07:09
              • TripleFault [7] VERxx's NOP | Crash via Ports - DOS386, 02.09.2007, 12:00