Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!pacbell!pacbell.com!ucsd!usc!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!ricks.enet.dec.com!reisert From: reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Desqview and Windows Message-ID: <13233@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 10 Jul 90 14:36:19 GMT Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 67 [I tried to reply by mail but our mailer couldn't figure out where community-chest was on the network. Anyway...] writes... >I am seeking opinions on the following three configurations: > - Deskview 2.3 I assume here you mean DESQview 386, which is both DESQview (the task manager) and QEMM 5.0 which is the memory manager. You'll want QEMM to make the most use of the program. >1. Documentation Quarterdeck documentation is less than adequate. Organization is terrible. If you have absolutely no hacker in you at all, beware. >2. Ease of installation/administration I found installation relatively painless. Tuning (optimization) is another story, but isn't necessary in most cases. >3. Ease of learning Program is a cinch to learn. In fact, though it's mouse driven, I find the keyboard easier for some functions (opening and switching windows, for example). >4. Ease of use See 3. above. >5. Predicted stability (Are there major changes coming soon, > e.g., Motif compatible Windows?) Rumor is an Motif/X-windows version of DESQview by the end of the year. >5. Demands on resources Demands, what demands? With QEMM installed in a 2 MB system (-384KB for a disk cache, and assorted other stuff for DOS, etc.), I have about 1 meg available to run programs in. This means I can open up a couple of 512K programs at the same time. The disk is only used to swap programs out of memory that can and need to be swapped out (my communications tasks aren't allowed to swap). The whole package took under 1 MB of disk space once installed. >6. [other considerations] > >Which version of MS/DOS is recommended for each configuration? I am running v4.01 and haven't had any problems. Don't know about other versions. Hope this helps, George. jim =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The opinions expressed here in no way represent the views of Digital Equipment Corporation." James J. Reisert Internet: reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp. UUCP: ...decwrl!ricks.enet!reisert 77 Reed Road Hudson, MA 01749-2895