Subj : Re: Cool things to run on Win 3.1 running on a 286
To   : Spectre
From : kirkspragg
Date : Tue Apr 23 2024 21:27:17

 Sp> Intriguing.. I never had more than 1Mb in any of my 286s not sure any of
 Sp> the mobo's supported more.. I messed around with the super optioned one
 Sp> while messing around overclocking it. I don't know what flavour SIPPs
 Sp> came in, but it wouldn't talk to 1Mb... and I couldn't get it to run
 Sp> with DRAM and SIPPs at the same time...

Oh I understand your pain, 286s and memory config in general is quite a pain & varies so much between motherboards. My current motherboard supports SIMMs only & will take 4mb SIMMs which is not common - that was really just good luck on my part, nothing I could find on the net while researching this board prior to buying it indicated this would work. 

Regarding my windows experience I first got it up and running on a 286 with 4mb of ram, maybe 2mb is the minimum? I recall seeing that on a forum somewhere.   

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