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From: davidr@hplsla.HP.COM (David M. Reed)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Productivity (was: Looking for CHEAP multitasking...)
Message-ID: <5190025@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Jun 89 18:00:58 GMT
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Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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# My choice for a DOS multitasker requires a 386 machine and is known
# as VM/386.  My preference is based primarily in that each virtual
# machine is constructed with its own individualized config.sys and
# autoexec.bat files, contrary to the WINDOWS-386 and DesqView.

If you have a 386 system, then you can really benefit from the new version of
DESQview-386 with its highly acclaimed QEMM.  I just received a copy of this
last week, and did not realize that it had a program (called LOADHI) that
will allow you to load device drivers and TSR programs in Extended memory,
thus saving most of base memory for application needs.

# (Also, I'm not overly sold on multiple windows (yet) and find that
# multiple screens (each application/machine has its own full-sized
# "window") is adequate for most my needs.)

I actually prefer to run applications in full-size windows under DESQview
(I like to see a lot of information when I am editing or working in the
file system, etc.), and so primarily use windows when I have a background
task I want to monitor progress on while I work on something else (such as
to know when a file has finished downloading so I can switch back to that
window to request another file download).

DESQview if VERY flexible.  It is a great environment to work in.