Re: Msdos 5.0 Vs Drdos 6.0

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From: Scott Alfter
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 05:14

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In article <724113082.F00003@misgate.gmi.org> Chuck.Johnston@f886.n2000.z12.misgate.gmi.org (Chuck Johnston) writes:
>I loaded Windows 3.0 onto my machine--for about one day. I *was* really
>pretty, but that about all I could see to recommend it. I guess I would
>like to be able to operate my comm. software in a real multitasking envi-
>ronment, but I'll find something else to make it happen.

Get DESQview--it works great with DR DOS and allows you to
preemptively multitask on just about any system.  I have a 286-12 with
2 megs RAM, and DV allows me to run a BBS in the background while
reading QWK packets, doing file management, or whatever in the
foreground.

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Subject: Re: Msdos 5.0 Vs Drdos 6.0
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