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Re: Other multitask GUI within 1 MB system software?
« on: August 24, 2012, 11:50:02 PM »
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What part of "multitasking" didn't you understand?
Windows 3.1 is multitasking. Not preemptive multitasking, but multitasking.
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Re: Other multitask GUI within 1 MB system software?
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2012, 12:16:29 AM »
Oh, no argument there - but strictly speaking it is multitasking.
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