On 18 Feb 99, at 8:41, Jerry Pereira (Jerry Pereira) wrote:

> ... then begin the reload of Windows 3.1.  I would even think of
> attempting anything greater in terms WIndows.

  The differences between 3.1 and 3.11 were mostly in networking support,
which is probably not relevant.  No other recent version of Windows will
run on a 286....

  Note that while there may not be too many *serious* problems, Microsoft
is not providing any Y2K fixes for Windows 3.x or earlier.  You
probably can't get a new BIOS, either, so eleven months from now your
only way to run the machine *might* be the "set the year to 1972"
trick.  [In 1972, the same dates fell on the same weekdays as they do
in 2000.]



David G

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