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Date:	Sun, 7 Jun 1998 08:07:52 PST8PDT
From:	"Rollin White" <rollin@scoug.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-general@scoug.com" > scoug-general@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-General: WARP Installation w/ WPS

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On Sun, 7 Jun 1998 01:50:21 PST8PDT, dallasii@kincyb.com wrote:

>An idea for the guy who wanted to install without the
>WPS - try using the TSHELL.
>I didn't think of it earlier because I hadn't tried it for any extended
>period of time, because I need SVGA via PM when things are going
>as usual, but I think it would suite his needs even better than
>CMD.EXE as PROTSHELL.
>About the only thing TSHELL can do is launch full screen sessions,
>and present a full screen task list.
>The advantage over CMD.EXE is that it maintains multitasking
>capability, but uses a lot less resources then PMSHELL.
>I understand that it cannot be run with WARP 4, (maybe this has been fixed?)
>but runs very fine with WARP 3.

A middle solution is MSHELL. It includes PM, but replaces the WPS. Instead of your desktop, you
get a list of predefined programs as well as a few menu choices. It also uses less memory that the
WPS, but still gives you PM capability.

We use it on the web server.

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