Re: PC Transporter fun

["Christopher D. Heer" <chris-heer.nospam@home.com.nospam>]

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> > A PC Transporter on a IIGS.  An interesting combination. In this case a
> > IIGS-IIe upgrade system, and, this is the way to go for running a PCT
The
> > IIe
> > case is longer and better accomodates the card.  Such a beast running
> > Windows
> > 3.0 is a challenge.  1st is the problem of compatability with hardware
and
> > software,  2nd is the sheer mechanics of Getting it there!

> Isn't the PCT an XT class PC? I didn't think Win3.0 would run on anything
> short of a 286.

Windows 3.0 had three modes:

[1] Real, which would run on any x86 machine
[2] Standard, which required a 286 w/2MB of RAM
[3] Enhanced, which required a 386

Of course, lots and lots of software refused to run in Real mode.  But it
worked!

--chris