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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!bbrown
- From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
- Subject: Re: Couldn't stick it out...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.212525.26274@infonode.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- References: <l75b16INN8o7@spock.usc.edu> <1992Jul27.103456.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca> <mg.712256058@elan>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:25:25 GMT
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- mg@elan (Michael Golan) writes:
-
- >Well I keep OS/2. I can't imagine going back to DOS... or use Win3.1. I
- >tried to compile in the background while I played Solitate in Windows. th
- >compilation stopped as soon as I switched from it. When I returned it
- >sometimes continued, sometimes got stack. I can't imagine anyone using
- >Win3.1 except for windows programs, one at a time....
-
- Unlike OS/2 2.0, in Windows, the default is for DOS sessions not to run
- in the background. To change the default, go to the icon (or window menu)
- for the dos session and click on "settings". Check the "background"
- box. Now it will run in the background. You can set this to be the
- default behavior by using a .pif file. I know, this is crude
- compared to the OS/2 way of doing things, but I'm used to it and
- know how it works.
-
- Though I agree the multitasking in windows is probably not as good as
- it is in OS/2 2.0, I have done some amazing things with it, such
- as run a 500 frame MPEG movie at 15 frames/sec in a 320x240 window while
- downloading at 2400 bps. When I tried this while downloading at
- 10,200 bps, the frame rate dropped to about 10 frames/sec, but my
- download continued without a hiccup. I think the slowdown a was
- due to my 386/33 being overwhelmed. A 486/33 probably could have
- kept the frame rate a 15.
-
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