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From: hdan@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Dan Higdon)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Why Windows can't Multitask DOS
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Date: 4 Jul 90 02:32:32 GMT
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Reply-To: hdan@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Dan Higdon)
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>Then why don't they provide a more reasonable version of DOS along with
>windows itself.  Everything that DOS does can be done in a multitasking
>environment.  I have seen heaps of TSR utilities that do DOS-functions (like
>formating etc) while allowing you to continue working.
>

Great idea!  While they're at it, let's have them make it a protected
mode DOS (no more 640K barrier).  Yeah, let's also fix up the stupid
DOS interrupt system, and provide a more powerful set of system calls.
Let's also support virtual memory, and a Virtual 386 box for DOS programs
that don't follow the rules well enough to be run in a multitasking
environment...

Wait, this is starting to sound like OS/2 2.0......

hdan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Dan Higdon