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Running Boyan 5.0 under DESQview
If you use DESQview (a trademarked product of Quarterdeck Office
Systems) for multitasking, Boyan 5.0 is an excellent choice for
communications:
* Boyan will run in a window or invisibly in the background, even on
an XT-compatible 8088- or 8086-based system.
* Boyan is smart enough to release processor time to other
applications whenever it has nothing to do, which can significantly
improve overall system performance.
* To make it easy to get started, Boyan comes with a DESQview Program
Information File (B5-PIF.DVP).
INSTALLING BOYAN IN DESQVIEW:
1. First install Boyan under DOS.
2. Start DESQview or, if DESQview is already running, invoke the
DESQview menu (by default, pressing and releasing the <Alt> key).
3. Choose the DESQview "Open Window" command.
4. Choose the DESQview "Add a Program" command.
5. Choose "Other (Add Program Not in List)" from the Add a Program
menu.
6. On the "Add OTHER Program" menu, type the Path (e.g. C:\BOYAN) in
which you installed Boyan, and press <Enter>.
7. Back on the Add a Program menu, either move the highlight down to
"Boyan Comm 5.0 DV" with the down arrow key and press + on the keypad
to select it, or click on it with a mouse; then press <Enter> or click
on DONE with a mouse.
8. Back again on the Add a Program menu, choose DONE. Boyan is now
installed and will appear on DESQview's Open Window menu.
RUNNING BOYAN UNDER DESQVIEW:
By default, Boyan starts up in 25-line mode in a DESQview window, and
the entire Boyan screen is not normally visible. To make the entire
Boyan screen visible, invoke the DESQview menu and choose the "Zoom"
command; use the DESQview Zoom again to return Boyan to a window.
You can also use the DESQview "Rearrange" command and the "Hide"
option to keep Boyan running but to make it invisible (possibly when
it is idle or during a long file transfer); use the DESQview "Switch
Windows" command to select Boyan and make it visible again.
Note that you cannot use the DESQview "Close Window" command on Boyan,
or exit DESQview while Boyan is running; you must first exit from
Boyan.
MAKING CHANGES:
You can make a number of changes to tune Boyan under DESQview to suit
your particular taste or configuration. To make such changes:
1. Invoke the DESQview menu (by default, pressing and releasing the
<Alt> key) and choose "Change a Program".
2. Select Boyan by moving the highlight to it with the down arrow key
followed by the <Enter> key, or by clicking on it with a mouse.
You will now see the standard Change a Program options.
* Press the <F1> key to switch between the standard and Advanced
Change a Program screens.
* Use the <Tab> and <Shift-Tab> keys or a mouse to move amoung the
various fields.
* You can use the <Esc> key to abort changes.
* Use the <Enter> key to record your changes.
If you accidentally screw things up badly, you can always use DESQview
"Delete a Program" to delete the Boyan entry (the DOS installation of
Boyan will not be affected), and then reinstall Boyan in DESQview in
the original default configuration.
ADVANCED OPTIONS:
1. By default, Boyan only supports 25 lines under DESQview. To be
able to use Boyan's 43/50-line mode, you must use DESQview "Change a
Program Advanced Options" to make the Maximum Height 43 or 50 lines as
appropriate. (You can use the DESQview "Rearrange" command and the
"Video" option to see whether a 43 or 50 line text mode is supported
under DESQview.)
2. By default, Boyan starts in a DESQview window. To start Boyan
full-screen, use DESQview "Change a Program Advanced Options" to make
the Starting Height and Width the same as the Maximum Height and
Width. The Starting Row and Column should normally both be set to 0
unless you are running DESQview with more lines than the Starting
Height. (If your video card supports more than 25 lines, you can use
the DESQview "Rearrange" command and the "Video" option to change the
number of lines on the screen. If you can tolerate the smaller text,
more lines can make it easier to work with multiple windows.)
3. If you are using DESQview/386, you may want to use DESQview
"Change a Program" standard options to set "Virtualize text/graphics"
to T (for Text). Although this won't have any effect on Boyan itself,
it will allow you to run an application (such as a text editor) that
is not DESQview-aware from within the Boyan window.
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