Does this mean that I can't run more than one Internet program with DR-DOS,
as it'd be sharing a com port (my external modem)?
If so, I guess I have to mark another one off the list.
Regards
Curtis Matthiesen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cristian Burneci" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: Free DOS Multi-tasking
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I've tried tu use the multitasking feature of DR-DOS, too. They specify in
> the doc (somewhere in the help file I believe) that it was impossible for
> two applications to share the same peripheral (say a COM port).
> In fact this is done by creating a virtual machine for each application,
> and in that case the program sees a virtual device not a real one.
> I tried to use DOSEMU under Linux. In fact DOSEMU provides such virtual
> stuff. Your favorite version of DOS will boot and run not on a plain PC,
> but on a
> DOSEMU machine. In fact, two or three DOSes will boot simultaneously if
you
> want...
> Well, the emulation of a PC on a PC isn't perfect, but, at least, you have
> some real multitasking there.
>
> (And none of you mentioned Windows NT. And I'm not sure, but I believe
> Win9x acts pretty much the same with DOS in a window box ;-)
>
> Cristian Burneci.
> .
>
> >Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 10:42:51 +0100
> >From: "Joerg Dietze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: FREE DOS Multi-tasking?
>
> >Hi Curtis and all,
>
> >I tried DOS multasking, too, but without success. It seems that DR-DOS
> >stops any traffic at serial or ethernet ports when switching to an other
> >task. I also tried mt.com with wget.exe and dss.exe and it doesn't work
> >'cuz wget run exclusive and mt was not able to start a second task.
> >
> >Regards Joerg
> >
>
>
