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Article #444Re: Can you do graphics in OS/2 without using PM?
From: Gary Kushner
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 1990 00:21
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 1990 00:21
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I don't know that much aboud VCPI, but from what I've read, it isn't very good technically. There is no intertask protection. If one task crashes, it can bring the whole system down. This seems to be to be unacceptable to either OS/2 or windows 3.0. -Gary
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ux3.lbl.gov!kushner From: kushner@ux3.lbl.gov (Gary Kushner) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2 Subject: Re: Can you do graphics in OS/2 without using PM? Summary: VCPI Message-ID: <5351@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Date: 8 Apr 90 00:21:40 GMT References: <28236@cup.portal.com> <1990Mar25.014347.25497@caen.engin.umich.edu> <260F69C5.3FD6@tct.uucp> <3717@rtifs1.UUCP> <53953@microsoft.UUCP> <28655@cup.portal.com> Sender: usenet@helios.ee.lbl.gov Reply-To: kushner@ux3.lbl.gov (Gary Kushner) Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley Lines: 7 X-Local-Date: 7 Apr 90 17:21:40 PDT