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- From: jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin)
- Subject: Re: XCOPY in the background ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.195914.29737@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU>
- Organization: University of Maine, Department of Computer Science
- References: <1993Jan21.141821.13561@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <1jn040INN95i@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <1993Jan22.110539.20680@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:59:14 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <1993Jan22.110539.20680@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> loescher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stephan Loescher) writes:
- >
- >In article <1jn040INN95i@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>, villalj@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (John Villalovos) writes:
- >|> In article <1993Jan21.141821.13561@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> loescher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stephan Loescher) writes:
- >|> >I'm looking for a possibility to run XCOPY, COPY, MOVE, or other DOS-programs
- >|> >in the background (multitasking), so I can work in the foreground with another
- >|> >program. (like in UNIX: 'command &' runs 'command' in the background)
- >|> >I would prefer a unit or program in Pascal or a already compiled program.
- >|>
- >|> Get OS/2.
- >|>
- >|> Later,
- >|> John
- >|> --
- >|> John Villalovos
- >|> Certified Netware Engineer
- >|> villalj@xanth.cs.orst.edu
- >|> (503) 753-7883
- >
- >I do not have enough RAM ! (only 4 Megs)
- >And I don't want to buy more!
-
- You will find that OS/2 2.1 will run on a 4 meg machine fairly well. If
- you're serious, monitor comp.os.os2.misc or contact me...I'll point you to
- someone who's running it in 4MB.
-
- Jeff
-
-
- --
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