[vcf-midatlantic] Looking for Windows/286; vintage windows setup question

[Richard Cini]

Yeah, that sounds about right. My next attempt is an EGA card in an original PC with Win104. Still not sure why the splash screen gets messed up though. 

Thanks Bill. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 2, 2016, at 3:35 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> 
> I might know where you can get this, will get back to you.  If I remember
> correctly
> 
> -  2.1: has a different label and includes paintbrush disks.    2.1 was
> sold in the IBM branch I worked in later 86 This would have been the
> version marketed to AT users just a few weeks before the PS/2 line was
> launched, or thereabouts.
> 
> - 2.11 was introduced in Dec 86 along with the PS/2 (or thereabouts) and
> they sold it through 1987 (until 3.0 came out).  Not targeted to the AT.
> 
> Other than maybe Windows ME, the 286/386 versions were not used on a large
> scale.
> I did not look this info up, just going from memory
> 
> 
> b
> 
> On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Richard Cini via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> 
>> All –
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>                Lots of fun on a Saturday…I’m working on an AT/286 project
>> and wondered if anyone had a copy of Windows/286. I have various versions
>> from 1.00 to 3.11 (including 2.03) but not that version. Please let me know
>> off-list if you have it. Thanks.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>                As an aside, I was able to get Windows 2.03 running with
>> the normal EGA driver but NOT Windows 1.04 even though I selected the same
>> video driver. It bombs out on the splash screen while printing the
>> copyright info (random characters and beeping). Not sure what to make of
>> it…guessing video driver issue but not 100% sure because the same setting
>> works in 2.03. My 2.03 disks also have a bad sector on the fonts disk so
>> I’m missing the Times font. The video card is a Quadram EGA+.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>                Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Rich
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Rich Cini
>> 
>> http://www.classiccmp.org/cini
>> 
>> http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32
> 
> 
> -- 
> @ 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>