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07 May 97 17:34, Matthew Parker (3:712/610.31) wrote to andrew clarke:
>>> Therefore neither dos version will release time slices when run under
>>> windows.
ac>> Well, not exactly. dospause() will be called instead, which in
ac>> turn calls INT 28h.
> Thats what I originally thought too, but if you look in an interrupt
> list it shows only dos and os/2 as supporting it.
That's interesting. I wonder why Windows doesn't support it? Actually, I
also wonder what purpose INT 28h serves when called from outside a
multitasker (ie. vanilla DOS)... ?
-- randy{at}zws.com
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