[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] Multitask/multiuser environment for MSDOS available from Simtel20

lbrown@TBD.BRL.MIL ("Leslie C. Brown") (04/10/89)

I've uploaded the following file to Simtel20:

pd1:<msdos.sysutl>VMIX151ARC     Multitask/multiuser environment for MSDOS

VMiX is a multitasking and multiuser environment for IBM PC's and
(PC, XT, AT, 386AT) compatibles.  VMiX is not for the IBM PS/2's.

Version 1.51 upgrades 'vw.exe', a pull-down menu utility that adds
ease of use to the VMiX shell.

The environment has a slight UNIX flavor in the implementation of the
user control shell and multitasking.  The VMiX command shell offers
built-in help, or at the option of the user, the use of pull-down
menus.

VMiX multitasks at the PC console (up to 4 windows) and/or serially
connected modem, PC or dumb terminal(s).  VMiX can task switch
applications from the low 640K of conventional memory to extended
80286/386 high memory.

Applications that do not write directly to the video, like DBASE,
TURBO PASCAL, PROCOMM, WSTAR, WORDPERFECT, OPUS BBS, or BASIC will
display correctly at a terminal.

VMiX co-resides with DOS 2.1 through 3.3 The VMiX 'exec' command will
pass any user desired command to the DOS control shell(s) 'command.com'.
The VMiX shell can also be configured to look exactly like a DOS
shell, in which case the 'exec' command becomes superfluous.

Les