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What do I need if I want to use DESQview/Xs networking features?

April 26, 2017desqview features networking

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What do I need if I want to use DESQview/Xs networking features?

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A405: DVX allows you to interact with programs running on other DVX and Unix machines, if the machines are networked. Three parts are required on a PC to make this work: (1) DESQview/X (2) One of the DESQview/X Network Managers sold by Quarterdeck (3) A networking protocol stack available from another manufacturer. DESQview/X is packaged with a Network Manager that allows you to communicate with other DESQview/X machines. It requires a Novell or NetBIOS-compatible network protocol stack (IPX/SPX or NetBIOS compatible). To communicate with Unix machines, you must have a TCP/IP protocol stack that DESQview/X can communicate with. The following products are compatible: FTP’s PCTCP HP/Lanman TCP/IP Novell’s Lan Workplace for DOS PathWay Access (from The Wollongong Group Inc.) BW-TCP and BW-NFS (from Beame & Whiteside Software Ltd.) PC-NFS (from Sun Microsystems) Contact Quarterdeck for more details (see Q102). It is possible to run SLIP with DESQview/X. FTP’s 2.1 and higher have given good