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- From: cvadrtbc@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
- Subject: Re: Why can't two full-screened DOS apps multitask???
- Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
- References: <Bs3nsE.n2B@acsu.buffalo.edu> <Bs3o0L.7A@acsu.buffalo.edu> <GHENNIGA.92Jul28232642@ampere.ampere> <1992Jul29.183031.24757@stiatl.salestech.com>
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 22:53:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.183031.24757@stiatl.salestech.com>, iam@stiatl.salestech.com (Ian Mercado) writes...
- >How come anytime I have a program running in a full screen window, it gets
- >suspended whenever I switch over to another full screened DOS window? Windows
- >doesn't do this, so why should OS/2??
-
- It doesn't for me. The one thing I hate is that if I run a DOS comm program
- so that I can download from our VAX Zmodem (it requires that I use GSZ),
- the other DOS sessions get REALLY jerky. The IDLE settings don't help,
- I suspect that GSZ is doing a LOT of polling. Speaking of GSZ, does
- anyone know if Omen Tech is planning an OS/2 version? They already
- have Pro Yam for OS/2, so maybe they would if they knew the demand.
- Email address anyone?
-
- Srikanth
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