Subj : Thin client PC to run MS-
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Sun Nov 30 2025 11:23:51

>  DW> "Normal" DESQView (no "X"), which most people are most familiar with,
>  DW> didn't have a GUI.

>  DW> DESQView-X (the X standing for, IIRC, "X window") did indeed have a GUI.
>  DW> If you knew what you were doing, you could set up an application on a DV-
>  DW> box and be able to run it remotely on a linux box.  I never could get the
>  DW> reverse to work, though.

>  DW> If you re-read his post, he is talking about DESQView-X.

> Ah..  Yeah, I wasn't aware of the existence of DESQView-X.

It never had much of a footprint, or much marketing that I am aware of.  I
was a long time DV user but never heard of DV-X until long after
Quarterdeck was no more.


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