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From: tim@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Timothy L. Kay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Help On multitasking
Message-ID: <5023@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: 22 Dec 87 21:53:18 GMT
References: <314@ga.ecn.purdue.edu> <1107@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> <871@neoucom.UUCP>
Reply-To: tim@cit-vax.UUCP (Timothy L. Kay)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Lines: 33
Keywords: MSDOS, Multitasking, cshell
Summary: MMU for 80286

In article <871@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
>
>>How about OS/2?
>
>For '386 based systems, PC/MOS doesn't look too bad.  The newest
>release seems to be reasonably un-buggy.  Of course, this requires
>a '386 based system.  The advantage is it is a lot cheaper than
>OS/2, and it does multitask present day DOS applications.  There
>was supposed to be an MMU board to run PC/MOS on '286 based
>systems; I  don't know if the MMU has condensed from the vaporware
>stage yet.

Funny you should mention a MMU for 80286 machines.  I was just looking
through this month's _Los Angeles Computer Currents_.  A full page ad
on page 29 starts with EXTEND DOS RAM TO 960K.  It then goes on to
describe a memory management board that lists for $399.  They claim that
this board allows you to do a zillion things, including running PC/MOS
on your 80286.  I just called them.  My first question was, "Does it
really work?"  His answer was an emphatic yes.  "So why aren't we
seeing national advertising on this thing?"  He said that we would be
seeing it soon.

Quite frankly, I don't see why somebody would spend $400 on this when
you could spend about $1000 on a 80386 motherboard.  It would also
happen to run twice as fast.  And it would do a much better job of
multitasking.

The name of the company is Compatible Computer Centers, Inc.  818-704-4955.
If you have questions, you might just forward the questions to me.  I am
interested, and it is a local call for me.  Then I'll send you mail back,
or post it if there is enough interest.

Tim