Subj : CMDTIME
To   : Robert Bull
From : Bob Ackley
Date : Mon Jun 23 2003 02:05 am

Replying to a message of Robert Bull to Paul Quinn:

 RB> Hello, Paul;

 RB> 27 May 03 18:54, Paul Quinn wrote to Robert Bull:

 PQ>> The very best DOS extender/multitasker I've known is Windows.  3.1
 PQ>> was quite handy on my old '286/1meg, where I could switch between 2
 PQ>> concurrent Win apps, one of which was usually a terminal proggie.

 RB> AAMOI, did you ever have DV on DOS?  I never used Win 3.1 much, but I
 RB> don't  much like Win95/Win98 for task-switching DOS, because it's
 RB> slow compared  with DV and there's this sort of "visual clunk" as it
 RB> writes the screens.

 PQ>> Ahh, those were the days... 2400bps modem, beernuts and hot
 PQ>> coffee.[giggle]

 RB> Fledgling - _I_ started with a 1200/75 modem  :-))

Hmph. a new guy.<g>  I still have my Hayes 300 bps Smartmodem.  I *upgraded* to 
1200 bps back around 1983 (memory fades). and to 2400 bps in the late 1980s.

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