Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> wrote in message news:9d34hg$n8i$1@merope.saaf.se... > I think he's right. Only Windows up to ver 2 would run on a plain > 8086/8088. Windows 3.x did require a minimum of a 286 in standard > mode. But Windows 3.0 had Real mode, which worked on a lowly 8088/8086. --chris