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win3.1 on a 466mhz pc
Name: fred Date: June 25, 2001 at 22:15:58 Pacific
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will win3.1 run on a 466mhz computer? and am I able to install other OS onto the HDD on another partition, win95b and others?
Name: Petri A. Date: June 25, 2001 at 22:51:17 Pacific
Reply:
> will win3.1 run on a 466mhz computer?
Yes it will. Though it will not be as fast as you might think it would be...
If you install DOS/Win3.1 first and then Windows95/WindowsNT 4.0 you get a bootmenu where you can choose to boot either to DOS or Windows. It may depend on what version you are installing so this is not 100% sure.
Hope this helps...
Take care, Petri A.
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Response Number 2
Name: fred Date: June 26, 2001 at 16:25:22 Pacific
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Most helpful Petri appreciate the help, I havent tried it yet, but will....thanx
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Response Number 3
Name: Another Opinion Date: June 27, 2001 at 19:57:28 Pacific
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In my humble opinion-Win 95 runs a little slow on a 486 if you are using on the Internet but DOS with Win 3.1 runs fine. Especially if you use a browser like Internet Explorer 3.03 or the 16 bit version of OPERA.
My 2 centavos
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Response Number 4
Name: CHRISTIAN Date: June 28, 2001 at 03:13:45 Pacific
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Very interesting, I just removed'95 and installed 3.11 to speed up internet. Problem is without dial up and browser this is a little tricky!!! I want to put on Explorer 3.03 as I know it has all the dial up options I need. Without a CD drive how can I get it on ??? File is too big for floppys and my file splitter doesn't work. Also having trouble installing modem all help appreciated. Christian
You can either download the full version of Internet Explorer 3.03 Service Pack 1, then put the download file on multiple floppy disks using WinZip 6.3 or you can download Internet Explorer in 4 floppy sized bites from LightSpeed's website.
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