Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!alberta!edm!rroot From: rroot@edm.UUCP (uucp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Info-Kermit Digest V7 #5 Message-ID: <222@edm.UUCP> Date: 12 Feb 88 09:28:59 GMT References: <12372123605.195.SY.CHRISTINE@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU> Organization: Unexsys Systems Inc., Edmonton,AB. Lines: 26 Summary: so much for fast task-switching > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 88 13:53 MDT > From: Joe Doupnik > Subject: MS-Kermit Under OS/2 > > [Ed. - A question we're getting a lot these days is "Will (or can) MS-Kermit > run under OS/2?" As far as 2.30 (and earlier) are concerned, the answer is . . . . . > physical hardware needs attention from the program. Rumors and the Microsoft > Journal say that interrupt handler latency is very, very long on 286 machines . . . . > So, the short forms are: Yes, it runs now in the DOS box, but a full OS/2 > version needs a substantial development effort. The Presentation Manager specs Conversation after reading this: (from memory): me: Wasn't the '286 supposed to be so good at task switching?? dave: Hunh? me: Well, it was supposed to have all these wonderfull instructions that made task-switching so much faster and easier. Dave: Right -- well dream on! me: Yeah, it was, wasn't it? -- ------------- Stephen Samuel {ihnp4,ubc-vision,vax135}!alberta!edm!steve or userzxcv@uqv-mts.bitnet