411M- (r,g5; Quarterdeck DEv119- Quarterdeck For us For you it's the next (we hope) logical step. it's a wish come true. InfoWorld voted DESQview 1.3 Product of the We believe the personal computer equates to Year. personal freedom, and that software, any soft- In the PC Tech Journal "System Builder Con- ware, must enlarge the scope of that freedom. test" at Comdex Fall 1986, it was voted best We are committed to technical leadership. operating environment We are committed to customer solutions, not Soft Sector gave it the Editor's Choice Award. merely our own. And 450,000 dedicated PC users on four con- We are committed to producing a foundation tinents voted yes with their dollars. for growth, an open process, not restrictive So why on earth did we change what is architecture. undoubtedly the best, most efficient, most ver- We are committed to protecting the cus- satile, multi-tasking, multi-window software inte- tomer's investment, allowing existing software grator that exists today. and soon-to-be software to blend and work It's easy to understand when you examine together at the customer's choice. what's at the core of DESQview. So we watched how you use DESQview. We listened. We incorporated many of your wishes. And many of ours. The result is a more powerful, more versatile, (and whenever hardware permits) a much smaller DESQview. DEP v e9 Quarterdeck With DESQvieN v 2.0 you can do almost arghirg on earth. Like its predecessor DESQview L3, DESQview handle them. And DESQview can show them 2.0 multi-tasks within 640K and beyond It does side by side in windows. But that's not all. windows. It transfers data It dials your phone. It DESQview 2.0 supports the 43-line text mode of gives you menus for DOS. It remembers your EGA as well as the 50- and 60-line text modes of keystrokes. And lots more. the IBM Personal System/2's VGA To Lotus It still runs your existing programs as well as 1-2-3 users this means more information avail- programs you'd like to own—so you don't have able on the screen. To Personal System/2 users it to break old habits that are already producing means the ability to see two 25 x 80 windows on results. DESQview 2.0 is so versatile it can even the screen at the same time. run Digital Research GEM-, Microsoft Win- Uniformity dows-, and IBM TopView-specific programs, DESQview 2.0 provides a consistent and uniform re-emphasizing the Quarterdeck commitment presence from desktop to desktop. Its capabilities to supporting your investment in software. extend to a wide range of machines with an And DESQview 2.0, as always, is at the fore- even wider range of hardware choices while still front of new hardware technology. For DESQview retaining the same user-friendly features. Version 2.0 not only runs on PC-compatible Whether 8086, 80286, 80386, whether just laptops, PCs with floppy diskettes, PC-XTs, 640K, expanded or enhanced expanded mem- PC-ATs, 386 PCs—but it is fine-tuned to the ory, DESQview 2.0 remains consistently the new IBM Personal System/2 same, delivering the results you need with the Graphics kind of speed, power, and reliability you expect DESQview 2.0 absolutely dazzles when running without the hassles of differing commands, inor- graphics programs. Whether you have a PC dinate menus, or new training. with Hercules, color graphics (CGA), enhanced Multi-tasking in 640K and Beyond graphics (EGA), or whether you have an IBM DESQview 2.0's multi-tasking prowess increases Personal System/2 with its video graphics array as you add memory and processor power. In (VGA), DESQview 2.0 delivers the visual verities, systems with 640K, you get multi-tasking within the poignant details, the truth in pixels that clar- 640K and fast switching beyond 640K ify the meaning you're after. Add an expanded memory board such as the From Ventura Publisher to PageMaker, from Intel AboveBoard and you get this same multi- AutoCAD to PC Paintbrush, DESQview 2.0 can tasking and fast switching with expanded mem- ory programs. iDE§9v . Quarterdeck Add an enhanced expanded memory board, sheer size DESQview 2.0 is now 145K in size, up such as the AST RAMpage or Quadram EMS+ from 128K in Version L3. But on PC-ATs with board, and you get multi-tasking beyond the extended memory, on PCs and PC-ATs with DOS 640K barrier. enhanced expanded memory, and on 386 PCs And then there's DESQview on 386 PCs. the amount of memory used by DESQview Spectacular! In conjunction with the Quarter- ranges from OK to 85K deck Expanded Memory Manager 386 (we call it Enhanced Connectivity QEMM-386), DESQview acts as a 386 control With the new DESQview 2.0 you get better program, taking advantage of the 386's virtual connections. For we've improved high speed 8086 machine architecture. This means you can communications. Running in foreground and in multi-task beyond 640K using the 386's standard background Which means better communications, memory boards—thus eliminating the need for and increased efficiency both within your LAN special expanded memory boards. and beyond to the outlying mainframe world Loader Magic Programmers Tools Because DESQview's focus has always been, DESQview 2.0's new full Application Program and is now, on multi-tasking, DESQview can Interface (API) capability provides enormous turn mis-behaved DOS programs, which write benefits to both MIS and DP departments. The directly to the screen, into well-behaved pro- DESQview API allows a program to interact with grams that can run in background and in win- DESQview and with other programs running dows. DESQview's way of doing this "magic" is in DESQview. with special DESQview "loaders'? Loaders are Using the DESQview API, a program can use the reason why DESQview users on 8088, 80286, DESQview to move, resize, hide, recolor its win- and even 80386 PCs can run 1-2-3, Symphony, dows, create subwindows, spawn subtaslcs that Crosstalk (to name a few) in background run concurrently with the main task, create DESQview 2.0, now in conjunction with menus, use a mouse, and even send messages to QEMM-386 and 386 PCs, extends its ability to and receive messages from other programs. run programs, in background even more. With So programs can now act alone or together. DESQview 2.0 on 386 PCs you can run text or Either within a window or hidden behind one, CGA programs in background and in windows— they can do chores in silence or in chorus, all the without the need of a loader. We call this feature while utilizing the full power of DESQview. virtualized screens. More than Ever The Smaller the Better In summary, the more capability your system Because your favorite programs are getting big- has the more DESQview 2.0 lets you take advan- ger, we've concentrated on making DESQview tage of it And now you can, with DESQview 2.0, smaller. We have and we haven't succeeded In do almost anything on earth. Quarterdeck In CaseYou tiaverit Heard. DESQview has companions. Five in all now. reformatting, pagination, find and replace, copy/ There's DESQview Datebook. DESQview move/delete/save/read blocks and columns of Calculator. DESQview Notepad. DESQview Link. text, and print And the Quarterdeck Expanded Memory DESQview Link turns one window of Manager 386 (QEMM-386). All of them Mends to DESQview into a communications terminal— each other yet extremely powerful each in its in order to "link" your PC to another PC, own right mainframe computer, or on-line network service. Datebook, Calculator, Notepad, and Link must Link's features include menued guidance in be used in conjunction with DESQview and do setting up and dialing the remote computer, • not run "stand-alone All have been especially "record" and "playback" capabilities, selective tailored to take advantage of DESQview's capture of data received, nIODEM file transfer windowing, mousing, on-line help, and multi- protocol support, background communications, tasking, and built-in communications language for DESQview Datebook gives you fingertip power users. access to day-, week-, month-, and year-at-a- The Quarterdeck Expanded Memory glance calendars—all of which interact together. Manager 386 (QEMM-386) adds expanded You get built-in alarms, early wake-up calls, and memory capabilities to 386 PCs without requiring snoozes that ring while you are working in special expanded memory boards. When used another program. You can keep multiple alone, QEMM-386 gives the' 386 PC the ability to datebooks, print these datebooks in various run expanded memory programs such as formats, and schedule repetitive events. Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2; and Symphony Release 1.1. DESQview Calculator is a versatile calculator And when used together with DESQview, that operates with display or "tape The tape can QEMM-386 turns DESQview into a 386 control be scrolled and saved Calculations include program, enabling DESQview to take advantage scientific notation, square roots, percentages, of the 386's virtual 8086 machine architecture. and memory add and subtract In conjunction What it means to you is the ability to multi-task with DESQview's Mark command, Calculator can beyond 640K, to run text and CGA graphics add or average numbers that appear in other programs in background and in windows, and to programs without the need for re-keying, reduce DESQview's memory overhead to as little DESQview Notepad lets you jot down as OK to 413K reminders or dash out memos and letters.