rroot@edm.UUCP (uucp) (02/12/88)
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 88 13:53 MDT > From: Joe Doupnik <JRD@USU.BITNET> > Subject: MS-Kermit Under OS/2 > > [Ed. - A question we're getting a lot these days is "Will (or can) MS-Kermit > run under OS/2?" As far as 2.30 (and earlier) are concerned, the answer is . . . . . > physical hardware needs attention from the program. Rumors and the Microsoft > Journal say that interrupt handler latency is very, very long on 286 machines . . . . > So, the short forms are: Yes, it runs now in the DOS box, but a full OS/2 > version needs a substantial development effort. The Presentation Manager specs Conversation after reading this: (from memory): me: Wasn't the '286 supposed to be so good at task switching?? dave: Hunh? me: Well, it was supposed to have all these wonderfull instructions that made task-switching so much faster and easier. Dave: Right -- well dream on! me: Yeah, it was, wasn't it? -- ------------- Stephen Samuel {ihnp4,ubc-vision,vax135}!alberta!edm!steve or userzxcv@uqv-mts.bitnet