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Galland
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Old DOS multitasking software Mar 18, 2003 7:23:26 GMT -5

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Post by Galland on Mar 18, 2003 7:23:26 GMT -5

Back in the good old days most BBS operators worth their weight in pipe codes used DESQview in concert with QEMM to run multiple nodes. I used it simply so I could login to my system while others used it. Quarterdeck apparently went out of business long ago and now their products are distributed for free.

I never got into DESQview/X. A friend of mine tried it out and he hated it. But it was an interesting atttempt at a graphical user interface. Quarterdeck probably could've developed it into an OS, were it not for the iron deathgrip of Microsoft.

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Old DOS multitasking software Mar 18, 2003 20:34:39 GMT -5

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Post by Keith Heitmann on Mar 18, 2003 20:34:39 GMT -5

Back in the days before the internet became popular I had setup my own dialup BBS for the distribution of Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe modification files, etc. and used Desqview myself so I could let my BBS run while I used my computer for something else. It was pretty neat considering it was all DOS based.