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From: jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen)
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Subject: Re: Do FTP Spec Drivers Support Multi-Tasking
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Date: 30 Nov 89 14:47:47 GMT
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This may or may not work, depending on the applications and the windows
environment.  The following requirements apply:

1. The applications can't be asking for the same Ethernet packet type:  In
   other words, they can't both be IP; one could be XNS and another IP.

2. The windows environment had better not swap (or move) either application
   at a time when the packet driver might give it a packet, because if it
   does, the receiver() upcall will go direct to 3-finger-salute city...

3. The window environment had better allow access to arbitrary interrupts
   from within a window (I don't know how 386 virtual 8086s will do with this).

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