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RobGRyesterday at 5:44 PM1 replyview on HN

I have used a DR-DOS 7 that was set up with a nice task switcher, between terminate-and-stay-resident programs ( not true concurrent processing ).

This setup started WP5.1, a spread sheet -- I think Lotus123, and a graphics editing program. I think it switches using cntrl and the F keys, similar in feel to how a linux machine switches consoles.

I think at the time this was set up, only DR-DOS could do the task switching. I don't know if that is still true.


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jasomilltoday at 3:19 AM

MS-DOS/PC-DOS 4+ DOSSHELL has a task switcher.