What are the DESQview products?
A201: The DESQview products, specifically DESQview and DESQview/X, are DOS-based multitaskers written by Quarterdeck Office Systems of Santa Monica, California, USA. They allows true preemptive multitasking (see Q9) on 8088, 8086, 80286, 80386, 80486, Pentium, V20 and V30 machines running MS-DOS (see Q301, Q401). While MS-DOS is still considered the PC’s operating system, DESQview provides services similar to more advanced multitasking operating systems. QW:195:286.TEC, QW:266:DV&DVX.
A201: The DESQview products, specifically DESQview and DESQview/X, are DOS-based multitaskers written by Quarterdeck Office Systems of Santa Monica, California, USA. They allows true preemptive multitasking (see Q9) on 8088, 8086, 80286, 80386, 80486, Pentium, V20 and V30 machines running MS-DOS (see Q301, Q401). While MS-DOS is still considered the PC’s operating system, DESQview provides services similar to more advanced multitasking operating systems.