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Article #7971Re: Favorite MS-DOS multitasker?
From: Ed Moore
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 1991 16:05
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 1991 16:05
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First, some references, all from PC Magazine. 2/28/89 Desqview, VM/386 5/30/89 Desqview 10/16/90 Desqview, VM/386 Now for my limited experience. I began using Software Carousel three years ago. It does task switching, not multitasking. A year or so ago, after I got a 386, I acquired Desqview/386. After trying it for a couple of days I went back to Carousel. You may really need multitasking, but all I really need is task switching. The mental overhead of implementing Carousel is trivial; it isn't for Desqview. I keep four Carousel ports (or windows) up all day, every day. Two keystrokes snaps instantly to another port. I don't even have the latest version of Carousel. The latest implements two sort-of multitasking features: print spooling and background communications.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpfcso!hpfcmdd!edm From: edm@hpfcmdd.hp.com (Ed Moore) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Favorite MS-DOS multitasker? Message-ID: <84380003@hpfcmdd.hp.com> Date: 27 Feb 91 16:05:41 GMT References: <1991Feb25.071747.28916@news.stolaf.edu> Organization: HP Mechanical Design Division Lines: 16