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Ask HN: DOS Based "Multitaskers"

5•alexshendi•3mo ago
Dear Auntie HN,

I recently tried QuarterDeck DesqView for multitasking (16 bit real mode) applications. It installed allright, but I couldn't get it to multitask PC-Scheme (More precisely PCS/Geneva 4.02PL1) properly. Could you recommend any alternative DOS Versions or task switchers better suited to that?

Programs I didn't try * MS multitasking DOS (to which the source was released not long ago) * DRDOS * Any other variant of DOS?

IMHO the experience under OS/2 was best.

Thanks!

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brudgers•3mo ago
Windows 3.1?

Since you mention OS/2.

mindcrash•3mo ago
MS-DOS 4.0 maybe? It's the only version with multitasking built straight into the kernel.

It has been open sourced a while ago: https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS

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