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Mail Archives: opendos/1998/10/16/11:32:38

Message-ID: <19981016093210.42996@caldera.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:32:10 -0600
From: Tim Bird <tbird AT caldera DOT com>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Task-switching Win 3.1
References: <3 DOT 0 DOT 2 DOT 32 DOT 19981016212121 DOT 009aec60 AT es DOT co DOT nz>
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In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19981016212121.009aec60@es.co.nz>; from Ray Greene on Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 09:21:21PM +1300
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On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 09:21:21PM +1300, Ray Greene wrote:
> Is it possible to use Taskmgr to switch out of Win 3.1 
> back to OpenDOS?
> 
> I have tried but I can't get it to work. 
I don't think this is supported.  Win 3.1 enters protected mode
and runs it's own multitasking system when it loads.  I'd be surprised if 
there weren't conflicts between the two that made switching with Taskmgr
impossible after Win 3.1 loads.

Tim Bird

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