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- From: radel@bach.udel.edu (Todd Radel)
- Subject: Running a BBS under DOS, OS/2 ... CONTINUED!
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- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 14:32:44 GMT
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- Several people have written suggesting that I use DesqView/386 for my
- multitasking work, rather than Windows or OS/2. I have tried DV-386
- in the past, and it is an excellent multitasker.
-
- However, the reason I specifically mentioned Windows and OS/2 is that
- I have a bunch of graphical programs I don't want to give up (Word for
- Windows, PageMaker, etc.). I'd like to be able to run the BBS in a
- minimized window while editing a paper with Word, for example. The
- overhead involved in loading a separate copy of Windows in a DesqView
- window makes this even slower than running Windows itself.
-
- From the responses I've gotten so far, it seems the only choice that
- gives me real multitasking, access to the apps I like to use, and
- extra goodies like background mail processing seems to be OS/2.
-
- So here's the big question: Can I have an OS/2 BBS program -- say
- Maximus -- invoke a DOS door game? If this is possible, then Maximus
- and Binkley under OS/2 would seem to have everything I need.
-
- Does anyone know if this can be done?
-
- Thanks to all who've written so far. Keep those ideas coming!
-
- -- Todd
-
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