On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:57:06 +0100, Sjouke Burry
<burrynulnulfour@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Richard Cheetham wrote:
>> How do i get it in multi tasking/task switching mode. Do i set up
>> different ramdrives to accomplish this.
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>> "Richard Bonner" <ak621@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:ejq3ti$mri$9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>
>Checking back , i found multytasking in dos 4.00,
>as an extra :)
I think that was European DOS 4, and from what little I know of it,
the programs had to be specifically written to use it.
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