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- From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
- Subject: Re: How does Phar Lap DOS Extender 286 allocated its memory from QEMM?
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- Date: 28 Dec 1992 12:17:59 GMT
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- In article <mike03610921127170455@batpad.lgb.ca.us> mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us (mike batchelor) writes:
- >Assuming the client is well-implemented, it won't bring down the
- >system no matter which ring it runs in, or which well-implemented host
- >it makes use of.
-
- This is the argument that Windows bigots use to try to show that cooperative
- multitasking is just as good as preemptive multitasking. The whole point of
- things like multitasking OSes is to keep things going even in the face of
- poorly-implemented clients. Because of that, VCPI is inherently less robust
- than DPMI.
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- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
- jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
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