Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 1997 09:25:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Evan Dickinson <evand AT wsunix DOT wsu DOT edu>
Reply-To:	evand AT scn DOT org
To:	OpenDOS Developer <opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: FYI: 4DOS and TaskSwitch
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Message-ID:	<Pine.OSF.3.95.970416092133.16736B-100000@unicorn.it.wsu.edu>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Takashi Toyooka wrote:

> At 11:06 1997/04/16 +0100, Mark Habersack wrote:
> >	In case you haven't noticed it so far, 4DOS (any version AFAIK, but 5.52A 
> >for sure) is not compatible with the TaskSwitcher OD software. taskmgr uses 
> >some tricks to share shell copies among the virtual consoles and 4DOS fails 
> >to work in concert. When you try to add a new task, taskmgr will GPF and fail 
> >to create it. 
> 
> Really?  I haven't had any such problem.  The Task Manager ran fine for me
> in both switching mode and multitasking mode.  Can you post your 4DOS.INI?
> I'd post mine, but I don't have it here at work.

Are you using 4dos as the shell (with a shell=4dos.com line in config.sys)
or are you running it from the command line?  When I try running 4dos as
the shell, it GPFs.  If I run it at the command line, 4dos runs fine, but
I have to load a new copy for every task.

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