On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
3.1 is 386 but really 486
Correct.
I'm just beginning to get comfortable -- well, tolerable -- of the concept of having a 386 in the museum. :) But a 486? No way ..... ask me in another 10 years. :)
Windows 3.1 was 1993, by then you could get a Pentium, and certainlyin 1993 486 was the hot processor. You really can't justify displaying a 1993 Windows 3.1 system and be historically correct without a 1993 or 1994 system, too. Realistically the 486 was in its prime in 1993. I mean you could attempt to run an 80's 286 or early 1990's i386, but that would be more Windows 3.0 / DOS 5.0. Maybe as a compromise you should do a Windows 3.0 or Windows 2.0 (aka Windows 386) system. Hold off on the Windows 3.1 if the 486 is too new. I can understand that, but I don't think it's accurate to mix and match, you're either all in or I say hold off. -- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>