JJ> I'm talking "real time", which in some cases means a response time of
JJ> under one minute and in others, a response time in the order of
JJ> milliseconds. So far, I'm using Delpi-16 running under either Win-31 
JJ> orWin-95. Once one moves over to NT, physical I/O becomes a problem 
JJ> sinceI understand that NT makes the I/O instructions privileged. At 
JJ> least '95enables the ports for you after the first access. And, from 
JJ> what I'veseen, there are also some games in handling memory even with 
JJ> Win-31 aswell as Win-95.
I still don't see the problem. I use Windows 95 at home and Windows NT at 
work. I regularly run several things at once using network cards, modems, 
etc. If Windows NT can handle all of that without slowing down noticably, I 
don't see what your problem is. In fact, I often have people logged onto my 
system sharing files on the Hard Disk or CD ROM and don't even know they are 
there unless I notice the drive being accessed. Yes NT will not let you get 
directly to the hardware, that's it's job. Use the Win32 API, use threads if 
you have a bunch of things going on at once. I don't know what else to tell 
ya. 
Steve
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