> Windows 95-98 is a new operating system that still uses many DOS terms and
> language for the convenience of it's customers. And yes--Bill included
> emulators of many old DOS stand byes so those who liked them could still use
> them. But they're not your grandpa's Oldsmobile anymore. (I heard that on TV
> somewhere)
It (Win3x/9x) uses the same terms because it really is, like UNIX'a
XWindows, a GUI setting on top of a Operating System.
However, for Windows 3x/9x, the multitasking is done at the level of the
GUI instead of at the level of the Operating System like UNIX does.
For instance, in UNIX you can start a process, then put it into the
background and continue working on the command line.
In fact, one can have many processes started from the command line
running at the same time that you would be doing something, like editing
an HTML file for a web site. Properly scripted, when the process had
finished execution one could have a message pop up on the console with a
''finished'' message inside your editing session, allowing you to put
the editing process into the background and optionally check a log file
with another editor (grin), etc., etc.
My background includes experience with DOS since 3.1, DR-DOS, IBM's
OS/2, MS Windows 3.0, 3.1, 95, 98, and NT, AT&T and SCO UNIX, and Linux.
--
Jim Tom Polk -:- jtpolk(at)texas.net -:- http://camalott.com/~jtpolk/
''You might as well fall flat on your face as
lean over too far backwards.'' --James Thurber--
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three
elements: energy, matter and enlightened self-interest."
- G'Kar "Survivors"
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