From: Gecko23 <gk_2345 AT my-deja DOT com>
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Subject: Re: multitasking
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 14:46:44 GMT
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In article <bmVX5.726$p7 DOT 3044 AT amstwist00>,
  4of10 AT www DOT com wrote:
> I think a lot of people discussed this topic before but there are
still some things I
> want to know. I'd like to write a program that could run more than
one function at
> the same time but ... each function from a different .EXE file
> (for example, TEST1.EXE and TEST2.EXE running at 'the same time')
>
> Does somebody know how to do this or can provide me with a (link to
a) tutorial or
> demo code.

Well, this would be possible under a multi-tasking DPMI host, but
neither CWSDPMI or the DPMI emulation under win32 provide this kind of
functionality.

AFAIK, there are no free multi-tasking DPMI servers available, in fact
the only one I can think of at all is OS/2, but thats more than just a
DPMI server. :)

Unfortunately, DPMI arrived too late on the scene, and DOS was rapidly
eclipsed by Windows, so developments in that area have been stagnant
for a long, long time. (with the exception of CWSDPMI of course)

There is of course nothing preventing you from writing a multi-tasking
DPMI server, but that's going to be a big job.

Good luck.


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