Re: [PLUG] mc graphics drawing characters - SOLVED

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@gmail.com>]

On Thursday 08 April 2010 07:39:44 Eric wrote:
> Art Alexion wrote:
> > On Wednesday 07 April 2010 13:42:29 Eric wrote:
> >> 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 :-)
> >
> > 
> >
> > I remember Desqview.  Quarterdeck was king of enabling the use of
> > "extended'  memory which DOS otherwise couldn't see.
> 
> I remembered that but I had to look it up:  QEMM 386 was the product.  It
> was very popular.

One of the first companies that MS co-opted when they included himem.sys as 
part of DOS.  It didn't have the power of QEMM386, but it devastated their 
sales because it was included.

-- 
Art Alexion

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