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Subject: Re: Backround Processes under MSDOS??
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 16:15:46 EDT
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> So the question still remains: how can I suspend a process under MSDOS
> without hogging the CPU and without issuing the IRET?? Again, using the
> timer interrupt areas seem legit, but also seems to be a kludge. 
> 
> Any other ideas???
> 
> (Suggestions to get a different operating system should include the
> money to buy one, thank you :-) )
> 

Try Topview.  It's $149.00, and it makes MS-DOS truly multi-tasking.  It
even has messaging and event primitives for intertask and device communi=
cations.  Don't believe the magazines, by the way.  They just haven't
discovered operating systems yet.


-- 
      Dan Frank

	  Q: What's the difference between an Apple MacIntosh
	     and an Etch-A-Sketch?

	  A: You don't have to shake the Mac to clear the screen.