From:	fishy DOT nun AT virgin DOT net
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Tue, 29 May 2001 20:28:35 +0100
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Subject:	multitasking gives blank screen
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Reply-To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com

Hello!

I installed dr-dos 7.03 on a 386pc (precisely, a Compaq prolinea 
386/20e) a couple of days ago. When I press the hotkeys for 
multitasking, screen goes blank, nothing responds after that.

Ive experimented a little; plain task switching WITHOUT emm386 
works fine.
  When emm386 IS active, I still get a menu for plain task switching, 
but it never changes--I can add new tasks, (which persist, insomuch 
as if e.g. I invoke the editor on a file, that file is reported as still 
open; so I cant edit it in a later task) but theres no way of getting 
back to the previous task.
  I "solved" this by excluding C000-FFFF on the config.sys emm386 
line. (It will perhaps be apparent that *I dont know what Im doing*?) 
After this, though, task switching works again.

Multitasking was the primary reason for me trying out this DOS, so I 
hope someone can give me a clue?

Cheers, --Richard.

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