Subj : Re: Cool things to run on Win 3.1 running on a 286
To   : kirkspragg
From : mary4
Date : Mon Apr 22 2024 22:40:33

 ki> Hey all!
 ki> 
 ki> Seems to be a bit of 286 enthusiasm around at the moment! I'd like to
 ki> hear if anyone has got anything interesting running on Windows 3 or 3.1
 ki> on a 286?
 ki> 
use FreeDOS it is really cool!
 ki> I've struggled to find software that will run on Windows and will also
 ki> work on a 286, will gratefully accept any suggestion you've got.
 ki> 
i know nothing xD except the entertainment pack 1
 ki> I have managed to do some internety stuffon windwos 3.1 with my 286.
 ki> Turns out that early versions of trumpet windsock (a network & TCP/IP
 ki> layer for win 3.1) will run and I have managed to get an old gopher
 ki> client HGopher v2.4 working with it just fine. Can search veronica 2 for
 ki> gopher holes & browse though them no problems !
 ki> 
thats cool actually!
 ki> Also tried to get a web browser working, the best I've managed is to use
 ki> the oldest version of mosaic  I could find. That sort of works, but
 ki> crashes on any websites that have graphics of any sort.. other more
 ki> modern browsers Netcapte ect just wont run or wont install.
 ki> 
i use dos programs for web browsing
 ki> So got any suggestions? Anything you've tried out that works?
 ki> 
not that i know~

--mary4 (Victoria Crenshaw) the 286 enthusiast

.... 640K ought to be enough for anybody. -Bill Gates, 1981.

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