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* How does Borland Sidekick compare between DOS and Windows?
* How does Borland Sidekick compare between DOS and Windows?
* How is Presentation Manager at handling running multiple console sessions at once?
* How is Presentation Manager at handling running multiple console sessions at once?
* Is Presentation Manager an upgrade over the TSHELL interface?


== Interesting Timestamps ==
== Interesting Timestamps ==

Revision as of 22:29, 15 January 2023


Research Stream
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Presentation Manager
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Streamed byNCommander
Stream typeEmulated on 86Box

Description

Rationale

Sidekick

Borland Sidekick was a very popular TSR for handling data, and it was also one of the first available Presentation Manager applications.[1] The direct comparison allows to show how the GUI did or didn't improve things ...

Questions Asked and Answered

These were questions I wrote down and asked before doing the stream to try and answer them, and my collected feelings over them.

  • How does Windows 2.x compare Presentation Manager in OS/2 1.1?
  • How does Borland Sidekick compare between DOS and Windows?
  • How is Presentation Manager at handling running multiple console sessions at once?
  • Is Presentation Manager an upgrade over the TSHELL interface?

Interesting Timestamps

Findings

Gallery

Stream Plan