Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 13:33:04 GMT From: Alex Venn Organization: Computer Peasant Message-ID: <200177.13322.olim.1.42> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: DRDOS Taskswitching Windows X-Mailer: OLIM v1.42 Lines: 34 Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com In article <000c01c1068c$dc63ca40$dd08e289 AT mpaul> you write: > On 2001-07-06, Alex Venn wrote: > > Well, when you start TASKMGR /S as a task switcher you should > be able to run Windows 3.xx in 386 Enhanced Mode. However, when Yes, that's how I normally run WfW 3.11. > you run TASKMGR as a preemptive multitasker, Windows 3.xx can > only run in Standard (or Real) Mode. If you create multiple DOS Win 3.1x may be able to run in standard mode, but WfW 3.11 can't. > sessions before starting Windows, you should be able to see, > delete or even create them in the Windows task list later on. > One thing to keep in mind is that Windows 3.xx is a VCPI client, > not a DPMI client (as the patched WinOS/2 Windows version), > and TASKMGR must for technical reasons suspend a VCPI task > in background. If I start DR-DOS with the TASKMGR in multitasking mode, this works fine with Win 3.1 and the DOS sessions are visible and can be activated. Exactly the same boot, but with TASKMGR in taskswitching mode and under Windows (in standard mode) the DOS sessions are not displayed :( I'm beginning to wonder if my recollection of being in taskswitching mode is wrong and I'd been in multitasking mode. If so, I wonder why TASKMGR can't display the DOS sessions in taskswitching mode ? Alex. -- ____________________________ _______________________________ ( Alex Venn ) ( Success has many fathers, ) (_) aven AT ukgateway DOT net (____) but failure is an orphan. (_)