Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:17151 comp.sys.tandy:818 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!pitt!cisunx!spectre From: spectre@cisunx.UUCP (Robert Sillett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.tandy Subject: MS-DOS Multitaskers Summary: DESQview or MS Windows? Message-ID: <10903@cisunx.UUCP> Date: 9 Jul 88 05:25:25 GMT Reply-To: spectre@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Robert Sillett) Distribution: na Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys Lines: 33 Hello netland! 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. The only experience I have with either of these is the old Windows version 1.xx, which was pretty much useless. I understand that 2.xx is supposed to be much better. Presently I am strongly leaning toward DESQview since Quarterdeck claims that it will run on virtually any system, 8088/80286, with 640kB and EMS/EEMS as an option. Presently I have a PC compatible (Tandy 1000 SX) with 640kB and a 30MB hard drive. I know that the processes will be painfully slow, so please don't give me the "get a 286 line" -- I have to manage with my present system. I won't be able to get EEMS until at least Christmas, so I know that I should be able to get 2 processes up -- not much more. To come to the point --> which is the better, DESQview or Windows 2.xx? I'm going to be running the beast under 640kB for a while. The main programs that I'll be running are Opus, Turbo Pascal, and Microsoft FORTRAN. Please e-mail suggestions & I'll save and summerize to the net. Thank you. -- Robert L. Sillett, Jr. spectre@cisunx University of Pittsburgh spectre@pittvms.BITNET "Don't ask me -- I only work here." ...!pitt!cisunx!spectre