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From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald)
Subject: Re: *Help* Multitask DOS in windows
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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1991 15:38:05 GMT
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In article <137528@unix.cis.pitt.edu> slbst18@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Stephanie L Bearse) writes:
>Hi:
>
>I really need some information regarding how to use dos sessions in
>windows3 and be able to multitask as well as run DOS programs in the back
>ground. I have 386sx machine with 4 MB of RAM.  
>
>I tried using wordperfect 5.1 and ran it in a dos window and found that
>I couldnt use the mouse


The only known way to use a mouse with a DOS program IN A WINDOW in
386 mode is to have - gag- two mice. The mouse on  COM1 runs Windows
and the one on COM2 runs your program.


Doug McDonald