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From: cgs@umd5.umd.edu (Chris G. Sylvain)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: background kermit
Message-ID: <4848@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 5 May 89 17:40:55 GMT
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Reply-To: cgs@umd5.umd.edu (Chris G. Sylvain)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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In article <2319.24611D30@isishq.FIDONET.ORG> Kim.Tan@p1004.f162.n221.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Kim Tan) writes:
>     I am using Kermit with the MS-Windows, and it will up/download and  
>running programs at the same time while you are doing somethings else with  
>your PC! This is *close* to multi-tasking or time shearing.

It does work mostly, so long as you keep a VERY light finger on your ALT-key.
Watch KERMIT screech to a halt if you hold down the ALT key while you decide
what you want to type next. I don't have any idea how a mouse affects KERMIT
running in the background, though.
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