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From: roper@cs.washington.edu (Michael Roper)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Considering using Windows
Keywords: preemptive multitasking
Message-ID: <9818@june.cs.washington.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 89 07:02:07 GMT
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Roger Hadgraft wrote:

> > It was my understanding that Win386 uses preemptive multi-tasking.

I responded:

> No, it does not.

Which is not completely true either.  I was referring only to Windows
applications.  Windows/386 can indeed use preemptive multitasking for DOS
applications.

Michael Roper
hDC Computer Corp.