To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu Subject: Re: DV/X Date: Tue, 23 Jun 92 19:40:07 -0500 From: Dan Bodoh In your message of Wed, 24 Jun 92 08:50:38 +0200, you wrote: >There seems to be a bit of talk about DesqView and DJGPP. I gave up on >DV a few months ago because Emacs is about all I need out of life, although >DV would give access to the few things Emacs doesn't do well. > What is DV/X? From the DESQview/QEMM FAQ List: (DV386 means DESQview-386) DESQview/X-386 (DVX386) 1.02 DESQview/X-386 is DV386 with an industry-standard graphical user interface. It contains an X-windows server, which allows you to interact with X-windows programs running on Unix machines, or DOS text and X clients running on other DESQview/X machines (see Q30). Using the fonts provided, you can make use of your SVGA to have many small 80x25 windows open on the screen simultaneously. The DVX386 package contains DESQview/386 2.50, QEMM-386 6.03 and Manifest 1.14. These versions are not available separately. It also contains 4 DESQview/X Companions: an Application Manager (like Window's Program Manager), a File Manager, the Adobe Type Manager and an Icon Editor. The DESQview/QEMM Frequently Asked Questions list can be obtained from a variety of places. First, it is posted montly to comp.os.msdos.desqview and news.answers with the subject line "DESQview/QEMM Frequently Asked Questions: READ BEFORE POSTING". Use your newsreader to search backwards for an article with this subject line. Second, it is available via anonymous FTP from SIMTEL20 and mirrors in the DESQVIEW directory. On WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL get PD1:DVFAQ5.ZIP. On OAK.OAKLAND.EDU get /pub/msdos/desqview/dvfaq5.zip. ---- Daniel J. Bodoh, Elect & Comp Engr grad student at the University of Wisconsin bodoh AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu DECNET: cxrl::bodoh FIDONET: Daniel Bodoh 1:121/99