Re: WANTED non-windows software to get a PC to multitask.

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From: Henrik St|rner
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 22:14

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beng@dorsai.com (ben ng) writes:

>rhh2h@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU (Ron Henderson) writes:

>> I have heard that there is software available to let one alternate between
>> two sessions on an IBM-compatible computer.  Hitting some control sequence
>> does the trick. 
>> 
>> Does anyone know of such software, and/or a vendor?

>Desqview 386 is such software. Highly rated among non-windows 
>Multitasking. Commerical.

>PC-MIX...Shareware.

There is also the (in)famous DOSSHELL in DOS 5, although strictly speaking it
is not a multi-tasker, but a task switcher.
--
Henrik Storner (storner@diku.dk)
Dept. of Computer Science
Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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From: storner@diku.dk (Henrik St|rner)
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Subject: Re: WANTED non-windows software to get a PC to multitask.
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