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- From: harris@cheshire.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris)
- Subject: Re: question about multitasking on 486
- Message-ID: <harris.714868197@cheshire.catt.ncsu.edu>
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- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Aug26.142550.1@agri.huji.ac.il>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 22:29:57 GMT
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- weller1@agri.huji.ac.il writes:
-
- >hello everybody,
- >i am not a computer specialist, but using those machines quiet hardly.
- >my problem is:
- >is it possible to run SAS (statistic-software) and word for windows /word-
- >perfect for windows or normal dos version of werdperfecct on a 486/33 machine
- >at the same time,:real multitasking, not just two open applications, but that i
- >can write during the calculating of the statistics!
- >does a ms dos/os2 real make use of the full power of a 486 computer for SAS
-
- Yes you can. A friend of mine in North Carolina State Government is doing
- just this... Running OS/2 SAS and WordPerfect at the same time. He says that
- OS/2 SAS is about 20 times faster than DOS SAS.
-
- ______________________________________________________________________________
- Michael Harris - harris@catt.ncsu.edu or harris@carvm3.vnet.ibm.com
- System Administrator, Computer & Technologies Theme Program, NC State Univ.
- (My opinions are my own and do not represent those of NCSU or IBM Corporation)
-