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Re: Softswitch info?



On 13 Mar 1998 03:44:15 GMT, Louis Cornelio <cornelio@crl8.crl.com>
wrote:

>Looking through some donated disks I came across a CDA by Roger Wagner, 
>along w/ an init -- Softswitch. As I recalll it is something like the 
>Manager for  8 bit programs, allowing several to run at once by setting 
>up "Workspaces". Problem is this -- I run an 8 bit program, say ProTerm 
>-- & then call the CDA. I try to save the workspace but get the msg
>"Can't save Prodos 16 program" even though ProTerm is current application.
[snip]

I believe that if ProTerm is run on a IIgs, it will load some IIgs
specific code and this makes it a hybrid 8/16 bit program.  This is
probably why you can't use Softswitch with Proterm.

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