Subj : multitask or die!
To   : Charles Angelich
From : David Drummond
Date : Thu Nov 22 2001 10:54 pm

Charles

22 Nov 01 08:22, Charles Angelich wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>>>> Multiple applications running simultaenously for one. 

 CA>>> I started using IBM computers with DoubleDOS. Only two
 CA>>> tasks but it worked on an XT. 

 DD>> Yep. used to run my BBS on DoubleDOS. 

 CA> So what you said about multiple applications wasn't quite 100%? 

OK, More than two.

The DoubleDOS I had only worked in conjunction wit about DOS 3.x - It didn't 
offer the features of the newer DOSes.

I found OS/2 suited me better.

Now I find Linux does the job.

[...]

 DD>> Desqview was never distributed in this country with DOS,
 DD>> one have to pay extra to buy it. 

 CA> I did buy both DoubleDOS and then Desqview with QEMM. Neither
 CA> was cheap at the time either. :-\ 

 DD>> Linux can be had legally for no capital outlay. 

 CA> Sort of. I don't really see myself ever downloading hundreds of
 CA> meg of files at home. At work on a T1 maybe. 

Get a mate to burn it onto a CD for you. Even here, a CDR can be had for less 
than $1.

Regards,
David

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