In a deposition submitted under oath, Abelardo Garces said:
 AG> I search a method for detect DesqView and others populars multitask if
 AG> present.
 AG> I use POWER BASIC and QUICK BASIC 4.5
    Implementing the following in QB would need changes, but
 will work "as is" in PowerBASIC 3.x.  Here's the code:
'Check for Multi-tasker presence
mtask$ = ""                         'default to no multi-tasker
reg 1, &h3000                       'first, use DOS call for DOS version
call interrupt &h21
ax = reg( 1 )
al = ax mod 256
ah = ax \ 256
major = val( ltrim$( str$( al )))   'DOS returns major version
                                    'number of 7 or less.
                                    'OS/2 gives major DOS
if major > 19 then                  'version of 20 or higher
   mtask$ = "OS/2"                  'OS/2 is loaded
end if
                                    'PowerBASIC has a built-in
                                    'variable that indicates
                                    'Windows and Desqview
if bit( pbvHost, 8 ) = 1 then       
   mtask$ = "Windows"               'Windows 3.1 or greater is loaded
end if
if bit( pbvHost, 7 ) = 1 then
   mtask$ = "Desqview"              'Deskview is loaded
end if
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