spectre@cisunx.UUCP (Robert Sillett) (07/09/88)
Hello netland! I am planning to purchase a multitasking program for my PC clone in the very near future. I have decided to get either DESQview or MS Windows. The problem that I now face is which one to get. The only experience I have with either of these is the old Windows version 1.xx, which was pretty much useless. I understand that 2.xx is supposed to be much better. Presently I am strongly leaning toward DESQview since Quarterdeck claims that it will run on virtually any system, 8088/80286, with 640kB and EMS/EEMS as an option. Presently I have a PC compatible (Tandy 1000 SX) with 640kB and a 30MB hard drive. I know that the processes will be painfully slow, so please don't give me the "get a 286 line" -- I have to manage with my present system. I won't be able to get EEMS until at least Christmas, so I know that I should be able to get 2 processes up -- not much more. To come to the point --> which is the better, DESQview or Windows 2.xx? I'm going to be running the beast under 640kB for a while. The main programs that I'll be running are Opus, Turbo Pascal, and Microsoft FORTRAN. Please e-mail suggestions & I'll save and summerize to the net. Thank you. -- Robert L. Sillett, Jr. spectre@cisunx University of Pittsburgh spectre@pittvms.BITNET "Don't ask me -- I only work here." ...!pitt!cisunx!spectre
davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) (07/13/88)
In article <10903@cisunx.UUCP> spectre@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Robert Sillett) writes: | I am planning to purchase a multitasking program for my PC clone | in the very near future. I like DESQview better than windows, but you mentioned staying at 640k. If you don't have some expanded memory you probably won't like either, as they both will use quite a bit of memory. I'm told that DoubleDOS will do what you want, and in a smaller package. Could someone comment on this, as the only version I have used was the first release, and buggy as hell. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me