> I could see multithreading support in 7-zip.
> but then again files aren't usually very big in DOS.

Except movies :-)

> I don't know if OpenWATCOM or DJGPP has support for POSIX threads.

DGJPP has some hacks for threads on 1 CPU ??

> There are multitasking DOSes (DR-DOS, RDOS, TSX-32 ??, etc.)

inherently useless

> And of course Windows and OS/2 or Linux's DOSEMU
>"sorta" count, at least the 32-bit

NOT DOS

> DR-DOS is okay if you can live with the old tools,
> bugs, and 64 MB per task

And sure all resources (file I/O, memory, keyboard&rat, screen,
sound card, CPU time, ...) are properly shared so the system is rock-solid ...

> p7zip 9.13 has been ported to DOS via DJGPP. Unlike older versions
> (used GNU pth), this one uses FSU pthreads (initially written for

It DOESN'T WORK (anyone tested in FreeDOS???) ... some
of the older ports do work with flaws.

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