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Re: [PLUG] DESQView (was mc graphics drawing characters - SOLVED)
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> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:42:29 -0400
> From: Eric <eric@lucii.org>
> Does anybody remember a DOS windowing system from Quarterdeck called DESQview?
> I remember when that was the hottest thing for about a year until the
> Microsoft's new "Windows" product took over the market :-)
DESQView was awesome! True pre-emptive multitasking on a 286 or better
(IIRC). I had it scripted to run 3-4 sessions, 2 DOS prompts (actually,
4Dos), my contact manager, and my word processor (MultiMate or WordStar,
I forget which). My first corporate PC was a 286. I got a Gateway 386
after a few months, I think, partly because I was the person handling
orders and setup. Circa 1993. Wow... I kept the order and vendor info
in a Lotus-123 spreadsheet.
Windows "cooperative" "multitasking" really sucked. I think I even ran
Windows inside DESQView for a while.
Long time ago,
JP
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