Re: Anti-Linux SMP FUD

Roeland Th. Jansen (roel@grobbebol.xs4all.nl)
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:15:43 +0000

On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 12:39:48PM +0200, Itai Nahshon wrote:
> BTW. Someone told me that Windows 3.1 already had a
> multi-tasking kernel... except that all the applications
> were running under the same process.

I recall that the software link (used to make PC-MOS/386, a multitasking,
multiuser DOS v5 compatible OS in assembly) has a program called multilink
for windows, that is able to have multiple dos boxes running off win 3.1x
via serial ports, making it a (preemptive ?) multitasking piece of software.

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