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From: ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Return of the processor wars, part II
Message-ID: <21528@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 11 Jan 90 22:04:56 GMT
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Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Services
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In article <90010.202827YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET> YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET writes:
>Granted, Intel did a very nice thing in giving us the "virtual 8086"
>mode to allow multiple 8086-based programs (DOS-based?) to execute
>concurrently.  This seems to be an excellent idea, but why then
>does OS/2 only allow one DOS task (in the compatibility box)?

Personally, I find the virtual-8086 mode to be a miserable kludge,
since its only purpose in life is to make up for the glaring defiencies
in a miserable excuse for an operating system that never should have
survived past 1984.

[Please pardon the outburst.  I'm just spend all day fighting dBase IV and
MS-DOS tooth and nail, and I can't wait to get home to my Amiga where it
doesn't cost me 5 minutes just to consult a text file.]

-- 
Eric Kennedy
ejkst@cis.unix.pitt.edu