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- From: fred@world.std.com (Fred A Putnam)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: Multi-tasking in the lab
- Message-ID: <BtoEnp.J3K@world.std.com>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 04:18:59 GMT
- References: <SPTRV-270892174949@sarverhey.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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- SPTRV@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Tim Sarver-Verhey) writes:
-
- >Good Evening, all.
- >This is a general request for assistance. I have recently upgraded a
- >386/25 Dell with 8M to OS/2 in order to take advantage of the multi-tasking
- >capability - at least to the extent that I understand it. I would like to
- >run a DOS-based data acquisition package I have, WorkBenchPC, within a dos
- >window, while being able to use the computer for other things, primariliy
- >data reduction. However, we have found that the timing within WorkBench
- >lags with respect to the real world, effectively making the package
- >worthless. I have just begun to examine the CONFIG.SYS to determine what
- ...
- >machine. Can I use OS/2 for true multi-tasking with time-sensitive
- >applications like WorkBenchPC? or do I have to wait for a multi-threaded
- >DAS for OS/2? What are my options? I am concerned cuz if I can't get OS/2
- >working soon, it's history, and we go back to multi-tasking the ALGOR
- >way.....
-
- At LABTECH, we have tested this sort of thing extensively, and I'm afraid
- that the "DOS box" limitations you have seen on OS/2 are real, and cannot
- be overcome by anything short of the multi-threaded DAS for OS/2 that you
- speak of. For some years, our product, LABTECH NOTEBOOK has been available,
- and it is the miltithreaded DAS for OS/2 that you speak of. For info,
- call 1-800-TRY-LABTECH. You will also want to check out our
- DAS for Windows 3.1, which has preemptive scheduling and which can collect
- data at up to 1 kHz (with fast hardware) while multitasking other Windows
- apps.
-
- fred@labtech.com
- >Appreciate any and all help - thanx!!!
-
- >Evolve or Die
-