Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu!theall From: theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20 Summary: Anybody tried it? Keywords: backdrp2.zip Message-ID: <35252@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 3 Jan 91 00:33:03 GMT References: Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 23 In article w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) writes: >The following files have been recently uploaded to SIMTEL20: ... >Directory PD1: >BACKDRP2.ZIP B 5217 901229 DESQview background. Displays date, status Has anyone looked at this? Apart from comments in the source code, there is no documentation, not even a mention of who wrote it or its status (pd, freeware, shareware, ???). I attempted to use it in my system with DV v2.25 and QEMM v5.0 but it only hung the machine. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has gotten it to work as it looks appealing. Thanks in advance, George --- theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu Dept. of Economics theall@ssctemp.sas.upenn.edu Univ. of Pennsylvania gtheall@penndrls.upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA 19104