The machine below is an IBM PC AT (Model 5170) with a 6Mhz 80286, 640K of memory, two monitors (a Monochrome Display and a Color Display), two 1.2Mb diskette drives, and a 10Mb hard disk. It boots the BASICDOS-360K-MULTI diskette and runs FOUR sessions, two on each monitor. Since the machine has a hard disk, the boot sector first displays Press a key to start... on the Monochrome Display; press any key (or wait 5 seconds) to boot from the diskette, or press Esc to boot from the hard disk instead. Unlike the PC and PC XT, the PC AT has a battery-powered real-time clock, so BASIC-DOS starts with the current date and time (type DATE or TIME to see them).
Use SHIFT-TAB to move keyboard focus from one session to the next.
This demo is also available on an IBM PC, an IBM PC XT, and a COMPAQ DeskPro 386.
The BASICDOS-360K-MULTI diskette’s CONFIG.SYS runs FOUR sessions, two on each monitor. Use SHIFT-TAB to move keyboard focus from one session to the next.
REM Demonstration of dual monitors with multiple sessions per monitor
FILES=20
BUFFERS=4
SESSIONS=8
DEBUG=COM1:9600,N,8,1,0
CONSOLE=CON:40,25,0,0,1
SHELL=COMMAND.COM PATH$="A:\;A:\BIN;A:\SAMPLES;A:\DEMOS":FIBO.BAT
CONSOLE=CON:40,25,40,0,1
SHELL=COMMAND.COM PATH$="A:\;A:\BIN;A:\SAMPLES;A:\DEMOS":PRIMES.EXE
CONSOLE=CON:80,15,0,0,1,1
SHELL=COMMAND.COM PATH$="A:\;A:\BIN;A:\SAMPLES;A:\DEMOS":COLOR 7,1:PIPES.BAT
CONSOLE=CON:80,10,0,15,1,1
SHELL=COMMAND.COM PATH$="A:\;A:\BIN;A:\SAMPLES;A:\DEMOS":HELLO.BAT
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