Re: virtual screens - is it possible

Richard Cheetham wrote:
> In linux if you press Alt+F1 or Alt+F2 up to F5, you get another screen
> which is perfectly usable and independant of the other screens.  Does
anyone
> know whether this is possible in dos. It might be CTRL instead of Alt.
> Thanks

> Rick

***   It is possible if you start individual instances of the command
interpreter. Each will give a command prompt independent of the others.

   However, if you do it in non-multitasking or non task-switching mode,
you will not be able to access one without closing the other, and you may 
also have memory problems depending on your DOS manufacturer and version.

         Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/