inCider/A+ review of S-I! and TM

[jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)]

Just got my copy of Jun 93's inCider/A+, and read the review of
Switch-It! 1.0.2 vs. The Manager 1.0, by Jon McCreight.

I noticed a couple of errors:

1. On page 20, on the issue of bank-zero memory, he wrote: "Both programs
are constrained by something called _bank-zero_ (sometimes called _zero-
page_) memory.  I thought everyone and his/her mother knew that S-I!
did not care about the limitation of the bank-zero memory.  Oh well...

2. On page 21, on the difference between S-I! and TM, he wrote: "The most
important difference between the two programs is that Switch-It! is a
_switching_ program while The Manager is a true _multitasking_ program."
and he later wrote in the conclusion on chosing either S-I! or TM: "If
you simply installed Switch-It! on your hard drive...you'd end up with
a 16-bit switcher program -- sort of a "no frill" version of The Manager.
But why would anyone use Switch-It! when for the same money you can have
an elegant program with sizzling possibilities and multitasking talent?"

The purpose of this post is NOT to start another flamewar, rather, to
point out the blatant inaccuracies in the review, and perhaps the bias
of the reviewer.  And perhaps the proper party might want to write a
letter to inCider/A+ to address those inaccuracies.

Jimmy



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