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From: ckinsman@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Chris Kinsman)
Subject: Re: Is MS-Windows.....?
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 91 16:21:00 GMT

In article <JONES.91Jun10173637@hal.uvm.edu> jones@hal.uvm.edu (Mike Jones) writes:
>What kind of multi-tasking does Windows3-386 use ?
>I have heard.....
> 1.)  Non-preemptive multi-tasking.  (i.e. does a routine have to yield the
>					CPU on it's own)
> 2.)  pre-emptive (kernel gives each process a slice of CPU time.)
>
>mrj.
>
BOTH.  #1 is used in the Windows VM.  #2 is used between all VMs including
the windows and DOS VMs.  This is in 386Enh in Standard or Real only #1 is
used.

Chris


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