Subj : Thin client PC to run MS-
To   : Dumas Walker
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Nov 29 2025 18:54:28

  Re: Thin client PC to run MS-
  By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Sat Nov 29 2025 05:47 pm

 >> For multitasking in DOS, I think QEMM with DeqView was perhaps better than
 >> Windows 3.1, as there was no GUI to use resources.

 > You are correct, there was no competition really.  Only thing Windows 3.x wa
 > better at was running Windows applications that wouldn't run under DOS. OTOH
 > any DOS programs that wouldn't run with QEMM/DV were very unlikely to run
 > under Win 3.x, either.

Bending the rules a bit, OS/2 rocked at running DOS programs. I ran my BBS on it and ran OS/2 at work to support Windows desktops and Novell servers. I could have multiple DOS windows open, even VDMs with separate versions of DOS...

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