From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from c716099-a.rchdsn1.tx.home.com ([24.7.105.70] helo=ignatious) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15H9ry-0007UH-00 for ; Mon, 02 Jul 2001 16:00:30 -0400 Received: from cpt.kirk (helo=localhost) by ignatious with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 15HACG-0001uG-00 for ; Mon, 02 Jul 2001 15:21:28 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 15:21:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@ignatious To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Multi-tasking In-Reply-To: <002001c10320$22d0ca70$4c015112@vantaa> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I find it rather amusing when people talk about windows as if it represents a singular system. Especially in terms of memory management and multi-tasking. I have studied the architecture, and can assure you that this is the main area you will find differences between versions. You will find major changes between Win3.x, Win9.x, NT3.5 and NT4. Thus when speaking about how such things, you must qualify them with which versions you are speaking about. Also, within the same version there can be several modes going on. For instance in NT4 and later, legacy 16 bits apps share a common memory space and task switch among themselves. But the virtual machine they reside in is using mapped memory and is in a pre-emptive environment. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open. If your too open minded, your brains will fall out.