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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 09:32:52 +0400 (MSD)
From: "Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav AT video DOT yars DOT free DOT net>
Message-Id: <199607190532.JAA11472@video.yars.free.net>
To: adrian AT adriant DOT ozonline DOT com DOT au, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Multitasking in DOS (fwd)

> I haven't tried multi-tasking in DOS, however multi-threading under DOS, and
> even under DOS4GW is quite possible. So long as the DPMI allows re-entrant
> hardware interrupts (Windows and Win95 don't, cheap shitty DPMI
> implementation) you can hang the scheduler of the timer interrupt. I used
> this in an FMV player in order to read from CD in the back-ground.

Multithreading is completely another matter! You can do in YOUR program
whatever you want, not messing with other, maybe not-well-behaving programs.

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