Subj : CMDTIME
To : Robert Bull
From : Bob Ackley
Date : Mon Jun 23 2003 02:05 am
Replying to a message of Robert Bull to Paul Quinn:
RB> Hello, Paul;
RB> 27 May 03 18:54, Paul Quinn wrote to Robert Bull:
PQ>> The very best DOS extender/multitasker I've known is Windows. 3.1
PQ>> was quite handy on my old '286/1meg, where I could switch between 2
PQ>> concurrent Win apps, one of which was usually a terminal proggie.
RB> AAMOI, did you ever have DV on DOS? I never used Win 3.1 much, but I
RB> don't much like Win95/Win98 for task-switching DOS, because it's
RB> slow compared with DV and there's this sort of "visual clunk" as it
RB> writes the screens.
PQ>> Ahh, those were the days... 2400bps modem, beernuts and hot
PQ>> coffee.[giggle]
RB> Fledgling - _I_ started with a 1200/75 modem :-))
Hmph. a new guy.<g> I still have my Hayes 300 bps Smartmodem. I *upgraded* to
1200 bps back around 1983 (memory fades). and to 2400 bps in the late 1980s.
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