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- From: skok@itwds1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Holger Skok)
- Subject: Re: background copy, format
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.183943.24557@news.uni-stuttgart.de>
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- Organization: Inst. f. Thermodynamik u. Waermetechnik (ITW), U. of Stuttgart, FRG
- References: <1fsI02WX2a4X01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <70540007@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> <larsj.1@kih>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:39:43 GMT
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- In article <larsj.1@kih> larsj@kih (larsj.johansen) writes:
- >>
- >>Sorry, you'll need OS/2 for that...
- >>
- >> Perry Reed
- >> reed@hpcc01.hp.com
- >>
- >
- >Hey, you can do that easily in Windows too!
- >
- >Open a DOS window (press alt-enter if it appears full screen), choose the
- >"settings" command in the window's control menu and enable "background"
- >operation. Now you may run ordinary DOS-programs like COPY and FORMAT, and
- >you can switch to other windows while the operation continues. Windows
- >actually supports multitasking.
- >
- >I'll admit, however, that Windows multitasking is somewhat primitive, and
- >that OS/2 will do this thing a lot faster.
- >
- > Lars Johansen
- > larsj@kih.no
-
- Just don't forget to set the priority for that particular DOS window
- waayy down loooow. Otherwise forget about doing anything else with other
- apps at the same time.
- HSK
- --
- Sie singen das alte Entsagungslied, das Eiapopeia vom Himmel,
- womit man beruhigt, wenn es greint, das Volk, den grossen Luemmel.
- Ein neues Lied, ein besseres Lied, oh Freunde, will ich Euch dichten,
- Wir wollen hier auf Erden schon das Himmelreich errichten. ... H. Heine
-