Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 5:54:52 GMT
From: aven AT ukgateway DOT net (Alex Venn)
Organization: Computer Peasant
Message-ID: <2000412.12498ba$@ukgateway.net>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: TASKMGR
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Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

In article <01bfa3d7$38e82fa0$ca5eb7d4 AT default> you write:
> Hi!
> 
> I have some questions about the taskmanager:
> 
> If I load programs, which use the sound card or VESA (textmode and
> graphicmode),  taskmgr cannot restore it after switching. I read that you
> can use Win VXD driver. I tried it, taskmgr didn't show any error,
> but it doesn't go.
> 
> Is there any chaunce to run such programs on taskmgr?

As I understand it, while VXD drivers can be used, they have to be 
written for the job. I don't think that standard Win ones will work, but 
I'd be happy to be corrected.
I'm not aware of one having been written for the screen, but there is 
one for sound which works OK and comes with the ASM source. I can't 
recall where it came from, but I think it was called sbvxd.zip.
I don't have much use for sound, but if you ever come across a VESA 
screen VXD which works I'd be interested (and even more so in a serial 
port buffer one).

Alex.
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