dhosek@lucy.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) (01/21/91)
I'm looking for a good multitasker (commercial shareware or pd)
that will allow me the following features (or some subset
thereof)
- Ability to send programs into the background to execute
(a la the VMS SPAWN/NOW or Unix ...& commands).
- Ability to switch between two or more programs in
interactive mode (e.g., PCTeX, uEMACS and Kermit)
- I'd prefer not to use a system that wastes memory and
CPU on a graphic interface system (e.g., Windows)
if I can. If I must have windows, it is important
that windows be more X-window-like than Mac-like.
I will not use a mouse.
I've got a 386 CPU and can go up to 16M if necessary.
-dh
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From article <1991Jan20.172133.1@lucy.claremont.edu>, by dhosek@lucy.claremont.edu (Don Hosek): > I'm looking for a good multitasker (commercial shareware or pd) > that will allow me the following features (or some subset > > I've got a 386 CPU and can go up to 16M if necessary. How about unix/386? It has all the features that you want. If you don't need the development stuff then you can get the SCO Xenix basic system fairly cheaply. I think that Desqview/386 (sp?) also has all the features that you want and is cheaper. john gay.
kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) (01/22/91)
If you use QEMM386 and Desqview together, it makes wonderful use of available
memory so that you have more memory to run other programs. I believe Quarter-
deck sells these two together as a package called Desqview 386.
Just a happy customer :)
Bob
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