Re: gs/os

[CUTjblakeney@sentex.net (Jeff Blakeney)]

On 25 Sep 2002 09:59:50 -0700, lyleh888@yahoo.com (Lyle) wrote:

>I've seen 2 "multifinder-like" programs that run under GS/OS.  One was
>a commercial product, "The Manager" by Seven Hills Software and
>required GS/OS 6.0.  I've had little success with that, as it always
>seemed to crash for me.

I've used The Manager a few times and haven't had much problem with it
other than its limitations (can't really have a lot running and
everything runs slower).

>A $20 (I paid in '94) Shareware program I did have much more success
>with is an application called MultiGS which was written by David
>Swanson.  It was quite compact at 57k.  As I recall, I had ShrinkItGS
>and 2 other programs running at the same time.  David stated that up
>to 7 programs can be run at the same time, but the real limitation
>seemed to be that some programs were real zero-page memory hogs, and
>when you ran out of zero-page memory, you couldn't add programs under
>MultiGS.  The program was very flexible, and the docs discussed
>compatibilities and some workarounds.  You could even have a number of
>"Start Files", which by launching one of these "Start Files" would
>then automatically launch all the programs you had listed in this
>"Start File".

I tried MultiGS and was pretty impressed but never really used it.  I
seem to recall another shareware/freeware/public domain program that
came out around the same time but I'm not sure if it was a different
program than MultiGS or just a different version that might have had a
different name.

Another multi-finder-like program, which I believe has been
reclassified, is SwitchIt.  It is a program switcher which means only
one program at a time is actually running but you can switch back and
forth immediately between a number of different programs which can be
very handy.

The only other multi-tasking system for the IIgs that I'm aware of is
GNO/ME, the unix like shell for GS/OS.

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