Subj : Re: CPU Hog
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Jared
Date : Thu Aug 11 2022 12:19 pm

  Re: Re: CPU Hog
  By: Daryl Stout to Tony Langdon on Tue Aug 09 2022 16:22:00

 >  TL> That's the magic of virtual 8086 mode.  Same happened with DESQview on
 >  TL> a 386, every session got its own 60k (less any OS/TSR overhead loaded
 >  TL> before DV).  And OS/2 really made good use of virtual 8086 mode with
 >  TL> its DOS subsystem - the "better DOS than DOS".
 >
 >   That was fun running a DOS based dial-up BBS under DOS 5 with DESQView,
 > and experimenting with the QEMM Memory Utility. :P
 >
 >   However, Quarterdeck Software (which made DESQView and QEMM), as well
 > as TeleGraphix (which pioneered RIP Graphics), are both long gone now.
 >

DESQView and DOS 5 and while originally RA later Ezy was the pinacle of my 90s board time and ran Oglaroon (my original BBS name) for years, but I have to say nothing ever came close to the pre-emptive multitasking of my beloved Amiga 500.. not for many years. :D

de VK2WAY

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