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- From: kevin@wicat.com (Kevin Vigor)
- Subject: Re: Surrendering timeslice under DOS?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.045430.2626@wicat.com>
- Reply-To: kevin@elvis.wicat.com
- Organization: WICAT Systems
- References: <1993Jan5.231303.14795@wicat.com> <8oqZwB4w165w@salzo.Cary.NC.US>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 04:54:30 GMT
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- dburton@salzo.Cary.NC.US (David Burton) writes:
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- >kevin@wicat.com (Kevin Vigor) writes:
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- >> Once you know you're in an OS/2 DOS box, calling interrupt 2F with AX set to
- >> 01680h will release the timeslice.
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- >Here's what I do:
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- <routine deleted to save space>
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- I hacked out some assembler source to a routine to detect and give up time-
- slices under OS/2, WinDoze and DesqView and uploaded it to hobbes for anybody
- who cares. It's not too pretty, but it works.
- <oh, the file is SLICE.EXE>
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- --
- Peace & PopTarts,
- Kevin
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