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> Let me be more specific about what we did.  We ran three tests
> on both windows and desqview:
> 
> 1. Go to DOS, run as per normal
> 2. Set up 3 windows, Wordperfect, Lotus, and a database, have
> 	at least one executing continously (say, an onscreen clock), 
> 	and switch back and forth between the three.
> 3. Set up 3 windows, each running a graphics program.
> 
> Results:
> Desqview
> 1.  No problem
> 2.  No problem, clock continued to be updated even when that
> 	 window was not the active one.
> 3.  No problem.  All three windows updated the screen, albeit  slowly.
> 
> Windows 3.0
> 1.  No problem here either.
> 2.  Windows initiated ok but clock did not update when window wasn't
> 	 active.  Had real problems switching between windows.  Got 
> 	 intermittent error messages that said window could not be activated
> 	 for some reason (I don't recall the exact wording) but the
> 	 message was ambigous and the manual was no help.  We played around
> 	 with this a lot and eventually made some progress but we never
> 	 really understood what windows was expecting us to do here.
> 3.  Windows just plain refused to do this.  It would not open more
> 	 than one graphics window.
> 
> 
Now we are talking  :-). Which clock program are you using ? The one
that comes with Windows ? or a DOS breed ? In any case, even the one
that comes with Windows doesn't always update on the dot. Windows is
still essentially non-preamptive multi-tasking. Will do preamptive
multi-tasking for DOS programs if run in enhanced mode on a 386. A
DOS breed clock will probably die a miserable death.

As for 3. I can't remember I've try this one yet. I've tried opening
graphics window with 1024 x 768 resolution and it works fine. Will
try out soon.

Note that Windows 3.0 will refuse to run any graphics program with
resolution > EGA in a window. So, you might need to switch to full
screen mode.


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