Re: Switch-It! question

[daye@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Critical Mass)]

In article <28fhop$6f0@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>,
Philip W Tracadas <tracadas@athena.mit.edu> wrote:
>Just got the LRO catalog and noticed this program called Sequential Systems
>Switch-It! by Procyon.  It describes it as "Multi-tasking on the //gs.  Open
>multiple GS/OS programs and instantly switch between them.  Does not require
>special modifications or upgrades for your current software. Requires sys 6.0
>and at least 2megs"  
>
>Does anyone have this programs?  Is it all that it's cracked up to be?  Sounds
>to good to be true...
>
>-phil

Multi-tasking is one thing Switch-It! doesn't do, though there are *NO* 
GS programs that will multi-task on a broad basis.  The Manager says it does,
but in practical use it doesn't.  Switch-It! uses stack sharing to get around
programs like Appleworks GS that hog a large amount of valuable bank 0 RAM
space.  If you want to try before you buy, check out the SI! demo.  

(Disclaimer: I'm not associated with 7Hills or Procyon in either way.  I have
not seen the actual release version of SI!, but I have used the release version
of TM.)

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