>> while technically true, it couldn't just multitask ramdom DOS programs >> as multi tasking systems like OS/2 or better always could.
> Yes, it can. I have tested it with, for example, the MS-DOS Editor > from Windows 98SE on one screen, WordPerfect 6.2 on another screen and > MS Word 6 on a third screen. I have to accept that as true. Though 'multiscreening' is not what everybody thinks of when thinknig 'multitasking'. however DesqView, GEM and Windows 3.x are certainly multitasking systems running on top of DOS. that doesn't make DOS a multitaskig system. >> programs would only multitask if specifically written to the DRDOS API >> - which almost nobody did (for commercial avalable software). > This is not true. ou might be right, but I would be surprised. >> that is true. the (mostly) complete source code MSDOS 6.2 escaped into the >> wild, >> even if not widely available. > You said, quote: >> > it wasn't a sanctioned release from microsoft. > Don't try to revise this now. I have no idea what you are arguing about. MSDOS 6.2x sources went into the wide plains of the internet, and probably are still available now in public. Just don't expect to have google to turn up sensible sources for 'msdos 6.21 source code' And this is completely irrelevant in 2021, or forever (except for historical reasons). beside this: everybody a nice christmas and a happy new year! Tom _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
