DESQView 2.x

DESQView, from Quarterdeck, was a DOS application multi-tasker and in later versions functioned as an X client for applications on remote UNIX systems. It competed against IBM Topview. The original DESQ was just a task switcher, but subsequent versions offered preemptive multitasking of well behaved DOS programs on real-mode 8088 PCs. It gained popularity when DESQView 386 added virtual x86 support. This enabled the ability to multi task many poorly behaved programs, and was often used on BBSes due to its excellent COM port handling. It was later overtaken by OS/2 and Windows.

Wanted: DESQview/X 1.0



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Release notes

Note: For a time there were simultaneous DESQview and DESQview 386 releases. DESQview 386 includes the QEMM memory manager.

Product type
Application Utility
Vendor
Quarterdeck
Release date
1994
User interface
Text
Platform
DOS
Download count
2 (0 for release)

Downloads

Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
Quarterdeck DESQview 2.25 (1989) (5.25-360k) 2.25 English 304.02KB 0
Quarterdeck DESQview 2.26 (1990) (5.25-360k) (needs redump) 2.26 English 185.38KB 0
Quarterdeck DESQview 2.70 (1995) (3.5-1.44mb) 2.70 English 734.29KB 0
Quarterdeck DESQview 2.80 (1996) (3.5-720k) 2.80 English 591.17KB 0
Quarterdeck DESQview 386 2.42 (1991) (5.25-1.2mb) 386 2.42 English 1.84MB 0

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