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Article #7748Re: Looking for multi-tasking PC applications/OS's
From: Michael Woodward -- Mountain Vie...
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1986 17:06
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1986 17:06
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> I am looking for a program or an operating system for a PC (XT/AT) that
> will allow multiple applications to be run concurrently. I'm aware of a few
> things available that allow this capabilty, from Xenix for the AT to
> Microsoft Windows and similar applications. Anything that will allow
> multiple (meaning 2 or more) applications to run on a PC at once is
> basically what I need. To be more specific it needs to run an application
>
There is a company called Wendin (Box 266, Cheney, WA 99004) that has a
product called Operating Systems Toolbox that can be used to create your
own multi-user/multi-tasking programs for PC-DOS. It includes good
documentation as well as source code (Microsoft C) for the utilities.
Wendin also makes two OS shells for PC-DOS... one called PCUNIX and another
called PCVMS. As the names indicate, these shells give you "unixlike" and
"vmslike" operating environments complete with multi-user/multi-tasking
capabilities. These packages are $99 each. In all cases PC-DOS file formats
are used, and many "well behaved" PC-DOS programs run in these environments.
Wendin can be reached by phone at (509) 235-8088
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