-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Nancy Backus on 01-03-08  11:17 <=-

 > There really isn't much difference in functionality between _DOS and
 > _386, from what I heard.  I dug up an old FAQ to check my memory.  Dunno
 > anything about timeslicing, though.  :)

 MR> Yeah, well remember that was when windows starrted to get big and when
 MR> Desqview ( what a blessing that was at the time.) Needed some good
 MR> timeslicing code so that You could run multiple programs. Remember
 MR> those days. You coulld be downloading Your latest packet off of Knight
 MR> moves at 2400 baud (30 Minutes)  and be answering Your Holodeck
 MR> Mail packet at same time. Or for the sysop he could be running the bbs
 MR> and still doing his BW.. the 386 version made that more possible.

Of course, as I was just using DOS, I wasn't trying to run multiple
programs... or, if I was, I was using the desktop and the laptop...  
ISTR that some of my packets back then took MORE than 30 minutes, too...
GENEALOGY often packed upwards of 500 messages... :)

I can see where it would make life easier for the sysop, though... :)

ttyl        neb

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