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From: "Patrick Moran" <pmoran22 AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: BASIC & EMS (was: Optimizing CONFIG.SYS...)
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 13:30:12 -0700
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Arkady V.Belousov" <ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 4:26 AM
Subject: Re: BASIC & EMS (was: Optimizing CONFIG.SYS...)


> X-Comment-To: Florian Xaver
>
> Hi!
>
> 2-δΕΛ-2000 12:00 dos DOT fire AT aon DOT at (Florian Xaver) wrote to
<opendos AT delorie DOT com>:
>
> >>PM> DV is not a true multi-tasker, it shares CPU time between
applications
> >>PM> loaded, just like Gates' stupid WINDOZE does.
> >>     Wrong. Yes, Win 3.x is an "preemtive multasking" (i.e. cooperative
> >>multitasking) but Win95 is an... hm, forget the word which describes
> >>displaced multitasking... for Win95 native apps, also as DV, Linux
and... NT.
> FX> Wrong :))
> FX> Win3.x and Win9x are cooperative multitasking, The latest version
Desqview
> FX> (not older versions) and Dr-DOS taskmanager (7.03) are pre-emptive
> FX> multitasking which is much better.

I did not use the latest version of DV, I used something 2.6x and even
earlier ones and they too were pre-emptive multi-yasking. I believe the
first I used was 2.3x and it was also pre-emptive if I remember correctly.
But that was many years ago that I used 2.3x and could be mistaken. But I am
certain that the last two version I used were both pre-emptive.

Pat





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