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From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (gordon hlavenka)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: windows
Message-ID: <1991May08.041552.347@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 8 May 91 04:15:52 GMT
References: <16377@reed.UUCP>
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
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In article <16377@reed.UUCP> johnw@reed.UUCP (John B. Windberg) writes:
>	The ads for desqview make the claim that it runs windows app's.
>Does that mean running windows in a desqview window or does it run them
>without windows, and which modes, and how well?

DV will run Windows 3.0 in Real or Standard mode.  You can then run Windows
apps under Windows (no duh) under DV.

DV does _not_ support windowed graphics beyond _standard_ VGA modes.  Not
even 800X600.  If you give it the full screen, you can run extended modes,
but when you window the graphics, things get screwed up.

Current DV adverts show DV running a mix of DOS and WIN30 apps (graphic) all
in separate windows.  This only works with Windows in Real (or Standard) mode
and no fancy graphics modes.  But it does work.

Performance depends on your system, and how you tune DV.  It's obviously not
going to be any better than straight Windows, and most likely will be notice-
ably slower.

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Gordon S. Hlavenka            cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
Disclaimer:                Yeah, I said it.  So what?