Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 19:23:05 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
cc: snarfy AT goodnet DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: New threads package available!
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On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Orlando Andico wrote:

>So we can't demand more from our DOS apps (even under DJGPP) when the
>current level of Linux threads packages aren't that much up to spec
>anyway..
Why not? There are already such packages available. One of them is the real
mode, real-time kernel RTX. Take a look at it (I don't remember the URL but
ask Yahoo! in Computers|OperatingSystems|Real Time) and see by your self that
making DOS switch tasks is possible. More, DOS even includes some support for
task switching. There are int 15h hooks that allow concurrent usage of I/O and
other resources (look at the Concurrent Cache program on Simtel). Besides
there are several commercial packages that do task switching on top of DOS in
protected mode. So the bottom line is that we CAN demand and it IS possible to
do it.

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