Clarence,
You wrote:
>>Or Botton wrote:
>
> But the question is this: Why cant DOS applications do the same thing?
> Or can they do it, and this is simply not the problem?
> If this is not the problem.. then what is it? :)
As usual, I'm going to just guess here - and probably get away with it cuz
Ricisi is on vacation. <G>
DOS programs, even most TSRs, run in single task mode because there is no
Task Manager. There is NO reason why you couldn't have multiple DOS programs
running semi-simultaneously (semi is all even Linux can get) if you have a
simple task manager. As long as you are talking about programs that ALREADY
have their own memory allocated - like TSRs - they could run simultaneous
with the primary program running in main memory.
That Task Manager could be VERY simple and VERY small.
I would write it if I was sure no one would complain because they can't run
two Arachne windows at the same time.<g><<
What about DesqView? DV.exe is only 145 K on my machine. Symmantec has
abandoned QEEM and DesqView; do you think that they will permit anyone to
freely distribute the program?
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
