From: dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk
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Subject: [opendos] Multitasker API and a demo program
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Date: Sat, 08 Mar 97 02:56:38 +0000
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I've been browsing through the documentation on the web site, and have made a 
stab at a program using the multitasker API: a DOS version of PS. It'll list 
all the currently running processes, and will switch to one on demand. If 
anyone's interested in having a look at either it or its source, then download:

	http://www-hons-cs.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~dg/ps.zip

(You can't get at this from my web page.)

The program is definately a quick hack and is not very sophisticated. It may 
be of interest nevertheless, and who knows --- someone may actually find it 
useful.

(BTW, is there an easier way of getting at the 32-bit registers from Borland 
than using inline assembler and `db 0x66' in front of instructions? That makes 
my skin crawl... luckily, I found an API that didn't need it.)

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