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Date:	Mon, 01 May 2000 15:17:56 +0400
From:	"Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
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To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: 3rd Try: Maybe an asm problem? (Problems linking)
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > 1680h of 2fh. :)) I used it only once. I think there are a lot of people who
> > never used it at all.
> 
> Actually, most of them do, especially if they use RHIDE, Emacs, Less,
> Info, and other programs.  2Fh/1680h is the function called by the
> library function __dpmi_yield; most interactive programs call that
> function inside their idle loop (or if they don't, they should).

But what for? DOS is not a multitasking OS. Windows does all the task/thread
switches itself. So what is it needed for? Parhaps for IPX DOS drivers that need
to have some CPU time under DOS. What else?

bye.
Alexei A. Frounze
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