RE: [MLUG] Study: Open source poses security risks (???)

[John Engelbrecht <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

hehe..
wim requirements were 80386 1MB of memory i think 1 or 4 MB of mem


On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Ross, Matt wrote:

> > I still remember the commodore 64 - that was a fun system :)
> > And the 8088 -
> > I have the original assembler manuals for the 8086/88
> > systems.  I'm only 23
> > :)  Those were the days ;)
> > Cheers!
> > Jason
>
> What was the minimum processor requirement on Win3.11?
> Just a little fun tidbit, I've run Win3.11 on an 8088 with 2mb RAM and a
> greyscale monitor.  It took 2 hours to boot up, and almost a half hour to
> select an icon after I clicked on it.
>
> If your wondering, yes, I was VERY bored that day.  I was at UMR as part of
> the Southwinds magazine staff.  To keep our office, we had to have the
> office open with someone in there for at least 8 hours of the day.  I
> happened to get 5 hours that day due to my class schedule on
> tuesday/thursday.  The office came with an 8088 with Dos and network client
> software on it, making it the perfect place to check email via telnet/elm.
> Given that I wasn't aware of IRC at the time, and ytalk didn't have anybody
> on it during those 5 hours, it was either do homework or see what I could do
> to/with the box.  I connected to a lab I had a class (and thus an account)
> in, which used Win3.11.  I simply typed win311 at the prompt and waited..
> and waited.. (and actually did homework!) and waited..
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