Re: PC Transporter fun

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

Dan <org@net.com> wrote
>
> No, Windows 3.0 was 3 different pieces of software.   It had a Real Mode
> version.  This is what is running on a PC Transporter.   It runs in 640K
> and would work on a PC/XT.
>
> It had a Standard Mode version.  This ran on 286s.  You needed at least 1
> meg of RAM to run this.
>
> It had a Enhanced Mode version.   This ran on 386s.   You needed at least
> 2 megs of RAM for this.
>
> Windows 3.1 dropped the Real Mode support.   It ran on 286s and up.
>
> Win95 dropped the Standard Mode support.   It required a 386 or higher to
run.

Thanks for the explanation, Dan. This jibes with what I was able to dig up
on the net.   Win3.0 was the first version I used, but I soon switched to
Win3.1. By the time I knew enough about computers to appreciate the
different modes, Win3.0 was long forgotten.  I thought it was the same as
3.1 in this regard, but it's not.
-Paul