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From: edm@hpfcmdd.hp.com (Ed Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Favorite MS-DOS multitasker?
Message-ID: <84380003@hpfcmdd.hp.com>
Date: 27 Feb 91 16:05:41 GMT
References: <1991Feb25.071747.28916@news.stolaf.edu>
Organization: HP Mechanical Design Division
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First, some references, all from PC Magazine.

   2/28/89  Desqview, VM/386
   5/30/89  Desqview
  10/16/90  Desqview, VM/386

Now for my limited experience.  I began using Software Carousel three years
ago.  It does task switching, not multitasking.  A year or so ago, after I
got a 386, I acquired Desqview/386.  After trying it for a couple of days I
went back to Carousel.  You may really need multitasking, but all I really
need is task switching.  The mental overhead of implementing Carousel is
trivial; it isn't for Desqview.  I keep four Carousel ports (or windows) up
all day, every day.  Two keystrokes snaps instantly to another port.  I
don't even have the latest version of Carousel.  The latest implements two
sort-of multitasking features:  print spooling and background
communications.