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From: hg17+@andrew.cmu.edu (Howard Gruenspecht)
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Subject: multiple task control for 386 - advice needed
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Date: Mon, 21-Sep-87 10:00:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 21 10:00:48 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 24-Sep-87 04:56:47 EDT
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I need to run several DOS tasks silmultaneously on an AT equipped
with an Intel Inboard 386 with 3MB memory.  This should be possible
running what Intel calls "virtual 8086 mode", but I know almost
nothing about the control software necessary to do so.

Desqview and PC-MOS are the only two candidates I know of.  Are there others?
I am particularly interested in how well the control software separates
the individual 8086 areas - for example, does a crash in one program bring
the entire show down?  At some point, I will need to share some files between
the different areas, so if anyone has insight into any pitfalls, I would
appreciate the opportunity to learn from your mistakes.

I realize that the above paragraph has many ill-posed questions, but I am
truly a babe in the woods on this one.  Partial or full replies would be
greatly appreciated.

Howard Gruenspecht
GSIA
Carnegie Mellon University