Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!virtech!rdg
From: rdg@virtech.uucp (Roger D. Gough)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Mutlitasking/ task switching
Keywords: multitasking switching, desqview, software carousel, VM386
Message-ID: <1990Jun14.034803.16571@virtech.uucp>
Date: 14 Jun 90 03:48:03 GMT
References: <4632@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> <2630@zipeecs.umich.edu>
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Organization: Sequel Technologies
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In article <2630@zipeecs.umich.edu>, shim@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Sam Shim) writes:
> In article <4632@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> gavin@mit-caf.UUCP (Gavin C. H. Zau) writes:
> >
> >	I recently posted a request for information on softwarer for
> >switching between application/ multitasking on 286 and 386 PCs.  The 
> >current forerunners are :
> >	Desqview 386 (+ QEMM 386 ?)
> >	Windows 3.0
> >	VM/386
> >and
> >	Software Carousel for 286.
> >Can anyone who has used these software please comment on the ease of 
> >use, hardware requirement, compatibility with a network drive (PCNFS)
> >and speed.   Windowing capabilities are not critical but are nice to
> >have.
> 
> I use both Desqview 386 (which is Desqview 2.26 & Qemm 5.0) nad Windows 3.0.
> In some ways, they are very similar (such as their multi-tasking abilities)
> but in other ways they are not.  

I basically agree with the views of the respondent.  I've not experimented
as much as I'd like with Windows 3.0, but 'til I do, I'm running my Windows
applications (in real mode) under DESQview 386.  I may _never_ switch.

I used to use Software Carousel, and it's pretty good to.  It's more than
a TSR switcher, though.  It'll switch among up to 12 applications.  If I didn't
have a 386, I'd probably still be using it.
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Roger D. Gough                                                  +1 703 689 1692
Sequel Technologies                                            uunet!sequel!rdg