Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce!monu1!vaxc!cie590l
From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows 386
Message-ID: <9681@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 22 Oct 89 22:58:03 GMT
References: <3610@netmbx.UUCP> <2572@hub.UUCP>
Sender: cie590l@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Hadgraft)
Organization: Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
Lines: 16

> From my understanding, Windows 386 is fully capable of multitaking as it uses
> the "protected" mode of the 386 chip.  This means every window you open
> creates a "virtual" 8086 to run it in.  The mail advantages are that you run
> multiple windows using the protection in the 386 chip so that the seperate
> programs don't crash.
>
This is not strictly correct. Every non-Windows application runs in a separate
partition. However, ALL the Windows applications run in ONE partition. It's a
bit like running Windows/286 on top of the 386 memory management. I believe that
Windows 3 will relieve some of these problems so that each Windows application
will have access to up to 16 MBytes of memory.
--
Roger Hadgraft                  |  hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au
Lecturer in Civil Engineering   |  phone:  +61 3 565 4983
Monash University               |  fax:    +61 3 565 3409
Clayton, Vic. 3168. Australia.  |