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From: pwb@aerg.canberra.edu.au (Paul Blackman)
Subject: Re: Workspace Managers for Win 3.1 - Locations
Message-ID: <1993Apr28.013650.5462@csc.canberra.edu.au>
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References: <1r8omj$jqj@werple.apana.org.au> <1528@tactix.tactix.rain.com> <1993Apr27.152233.906@bert.eecs.uic.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 01:36:50 GMT
In article <1993Apr27.152233.906@bert.eecs.uic.edu> you write:
>cah@tactix.rain.com (Chris Huey) writes:
>
>>Jamie Scuglia (jamie@zikzak.apana.org.au) wrote:
>>: Thanks to all those people who recommended Workspace managers for
>>: Windows 3.1. I found 3 shareware Workspace Managers, from Australia's
>>: MS-WINDOWS archive (monu6.cc.monash.edu.au), which mirrors some
>>: sites in the U.S. The three I found were:
>>:
>>: 1. WORKSPACES 1.10 (wspace.zip)
>>[ review deleted ]
>>: 2. WORKSHIFT 1.6 (wrksft16.zip)
>>[ review deleted ]
>>: 3. BIGDESK 2.30 and BACKMENU (backdesk.zip)
>>[ review deleted ]
>
>>I really appreciate this information. However, given that I don't have
>>direct Internet access - which means I don't have Archie access - I must
>>resort to using FTPMAIL. This means that I need the site name and the
>>directory where these workspace managers are located.
>
>backdesk.zip is on CICA, but I'm not sure of the whole directory.
>
>Another to throw into the running is topdesk. It is alsow on CICA, but
>I'm not sure where. It is more complicated then backdesk, but I've found
>it to be more stable and more usefull. I recomend it to people who
>have already used a virtual desktop. Oh yeh, It's free.
>Copyright Microsoft and Sanford Staab.
>
> Carl
> zmola@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu
OK here are some usefull applications and locations and other:
On Cica or mirrors in the /desktop directory
WRKSFT16 ZIP 39798 920915 WokShift Graphical Virtual Desktop (ver 1.6)
(email author about version 2.0)
DESK240 ZIP 164690 921103 Desktop Tools For Windows 3.x
(BackMenu 2.4 & BigDesk #### Later version than BackDesk)
TOPDESK ZIP 51051 920723 Virtual Windows for Windows
????
FINDER ZIP ??????? 930329 A Mac Finder clone for Windows
(Works well with BackMenu)
************
Also look out for SuperBar 2.0. Due out soon. It allows button bars
to be added to almost any application.
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