Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!amdahl!pacbell!att!whuts!homxb!homxc!rps From: rps@homxc.UUCP (R.SHARPLES) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: MS-DOS Multitaskers Summary: Get DESQview Message-ID: <2683@homxc.UUCP> Date: 13 Jul 88 15:19:45 GMT References: <10904@cisunx.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel Lines: 24 In article <10904@cisunx.UUCP>, spectre@cisunx.UUCP (Robert Sillett) writes: > I am planning to purchase a multitasking program for my PC clone > in the very near future. I have decided to get either DESQview or > MS Windows. The problem that I now face is which one to get. ... > To come to the point --> which is the better, DESQview or Windows 2.xx? Get DESQview. Windows 2.0 doesn't multitask non-windows applications very well (hardly at all). Certainly, something like procomm would bomb the window. On a 386 with virtual 86 mode, you can get most programs to work but not all (believe me, I have one and both DESQview and Windows386). DESQview does an ok job on any computer. I have successfully multitasked on my AT&T 6300. I have yet to find a multitasking system that will allow applications to share a mouse. There are others that I have not tried: WendinDOS, VM386 come to mind. Anybody have experience with these? Russ Sharples homxc!rps NOTE: The above in NO WAY reflects the opinions of AT&T. These opinions are my own and the results of un-scientific and highly irregular analysis methods.