Re: multi-tasking on an 8-bit Apple II?

[Ralph Glatt <mairsil@my-deja.com>]

In article <8knqk7$sqj$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  bobryan9@my-deja.com wrote:
> In article <8knncu$qcd$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>   Ralph Glatt <mairsil@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > Now, wait a minute!! I remember stumbling across some software a
> while back
> > that allowed an 8 bit Apple // to run up to eight programs at once!
> They
> > achieved this somehow through the mouse?  It's been so long, I can't
> > remember. It was back when I was on GEnie. Anyone else know what I'm
> talking
> > about??
> >
>
> The program sounds interesting.  It probably required extra RAM in the
> auxillary slot (512k for 8 programs).  The mouse card can be used to
> create interrupts.  The program most likely used mouse interrupts to
> automatically switch between the programs (multitasking).

That's it!! That's how it worked!! I also remembered it worked on every Apple
// except the GS.

>
> Other cards that can do interrupts include the TimeMaster II H.O.  I
> have one of them and I've been testing it with "multiple-
> personalities", my hacks at a program from Nibble magazine.

I'd like to get my //c to multitask. I'll have to see if I downloaded that
program or not.


Ralph Glatt


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