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In <NEWTNews.8766...@shore.net>, D...@shore.net writes:
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>> Try multitasking Dark Forces and Flight Simulator 5.0 while downloading a 
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>file
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>> via ftp with Windows 95.  Can we say "CRASH"?  Can we say "not multitasking
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>> to begin with, even before the crash"?  I thought we could.
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>> And yes, OS/2 runs both DF and FS, with sound, with no tweaking whatsoever.
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>I am able to run Dark Forces in one window with 2 nodes of a BBS in 2 other DOS 
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>boxes doing 28.8 transfers, and no crash...Dark forces got a little jump every 
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>once in a while, but it was still playable...so I believe that, YES, that was 
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>multitasking..

Alright, I have to clear up a mistake I will admit to, that I noticed when I
looked at my little OS/2 vs. Win95 comparison chart.  I originally said Windows
95 doesn't multitask 16 bit DOS programs, which is what I based the above
statement on.  What I was confusing this with was 16 bit Windows programs.
Win95 does multitask 16 bit DOS programs, but not 16 bit Windows programs
(for these it uses the same rudimentary task switching as Windows 3.1)
or combined 16/32 bit Windows programs.  Sorry, my mistake.

//  Jeff Williams
//  NYU UGFTV/Cinema Studies
//  jmw...@is2.nyu.edu