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From: sld@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Steven Louis Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Multitasking
Message-ID: <10017@ufcsv.cis.ufl.EDU>
Date: 4 Jan 88 04:49:35 GMT
References: <234@wybbs.UUCP> <422@ut-emx.UUCP>
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Keywords: Thanx. OS/2. 80386. etc...

In article <422@ut-emx.UUCP> ccbw001@ut-emx.UUCP (Bob Gustwick) writes:
>In article <234@wybbs.UUCP>, davejag@wybbs.UUCP (Dave Jaglowski) writes:
>> My request still stands. Anybody who know of a Multi-Tasker that will really
>> .....
>> I would especially appreciate any info on DESQview. How well it works,m etc.
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I am a devoted DESQview for about a 1.5 years now.  It does everything it says
it will(the only bug that I've found is the inability to format disks with DOS
version 3.2).

>I use DESQview on an 8Mhz V20 Zenith 158 (XT clone).  It is the only product 
>I've found that seems to work.  Alas, there are some problems...  not with
>DESQview, but with the hardware required to run it.  
> .....
>need some AST or Quadram EEMS memory, or EMS 4.0 memory.  So far, I have been 
>unable to find an EEMS card for the PC bus that will run at 8Mhz.  I have AST's
>Rampage PC and AST's 6-pack premium.  The 6-pack premium seems to work fine
>for all EMS applications except DESQview at 8Mhz.  The Rampage PC consistantly
>fails (parity errors) at 8Mhz.  Both come w/ 150ns rams.  I've tried 120ns
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I had exactly the same problem with my RampageAT, but when I called AST they
replaced it with a new one rated for 8Mhz. and I've had no trouble since.

>number of programs work quite well.  Windows assumes that no program is 
>well behaved and forces you to define each program w/ its own pif file or
>in window's config file.  i use lots small programs (pkarc, picnix utilities,
>etc.) and would hate to have to define a pif file for each.
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Best is to set up a BAD-DOS-window in which to run all BADly behaved programs.
In fact, my configuration of DESQview only has "DOS windows", so that I appear
simply to be running concurrent copies of DOS.  I have three memory
configurations(sizes) for foreground work and three for background as well as 
the couple for badly behaved programs.

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