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From: sc@qmet.UUCP (Steve Croft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: DESQview API
Keywords: threads, DESQview, SDLC
Message-ID: <801@qmet.UUCP>
Date: 12 Sep 89 18:30:04 GMT
Organization: Qualimetrics, Inc., Sacramento
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I'm writing a program which requires multitasking to service a remote
user on an asychronous serial port, a local user on the keyboard, a
device on another asynch port, and a mainframe on a synchronous port
(SDLC network - 3270 programming).  I am using a DigiBoard card for
the serial ports (one port configured as a sync port).  3270
programming will be with the IBM HLLAPI.  The hardware is a PS/2 Model
50Z.

I looked at some multitasking kernel and it seems that the DESQview API
should work out well.  Has anyone used the DESQview API?  Any thoughts,
hints, tips, and/or traps?  How does DESQview implement threads (that
is to say, what does DESQview consider the differences between threads
and processes)?

steve
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