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Re: Considering using Windows

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From: Michael Roper
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1989 01:03
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Roger Hadgraft writes:

> It was my understanding that Win386 uses preemptive multi-tasking.

No, it does not.

Michael Roper
hDC Computer Corp.
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From: roper@cs.washington.edu (Michael Roper)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Considering using Windows
Keywords: preemptive multitasking
Message-ID: <9815@june.cs.washington.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 89 01:03:11 GMT
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Organization: hDC Computer Corporation, Redmond, Washington
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