redmond+@cs.cmu.edu (Redmond English) (03/09/91)
Are there any reliable PD application switchers out there ?
I want to be able to have two application (or maybe more) in memory
simultaneously, so I can instantly switch between them.
Multitasking/Time slicing etc. is completely unnecessary.
Failing on PD ones, any good commercial ones ?
Any details would be appreciated. Thanks,
Red/.boyd@open.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) (03/09/91)
In article <1991Mar8.203712.29148@cs.cmu.edu>, redmond+@cs.cmu.edu (Redmond English) writes: >Are there any reliable PD application switchers out there ? >I want to be able to have two application (or maybe more) in memory >simultaneously, so I can instantly switch between them. >Multitasking/Time slicing etc. is completely unnecessary. >Failing on PD ones, any good commercial ones ? > >Any details would be appreciated. Thanks, > Red/. Revolver is the only product that I know of that does this reliably. I have see it in action, and it is quite impressive. I was not able to make it crash (but I didn't try REALLY hard). I think it costs about $30, worth it. -- ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- Mickey R. Boyd | "It's amazing how much growing up FSU Computer Science | resembles being too tired." Technical Support Group | email: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu | - Heinlein ---------------------------------+-------------------------------------
ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) (03/09/91)
boyd@open.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes: - Revolver is the only product that I know of that does this reliably. - I have see it in action, and it is quite impressive. I was not able - to make it crash (but I didn't try REALLY hard). I think it costs about - $30, worth it. And it doesn't work with Rainbow TOS. Dunno about TOS 1.2 though. There's also Juggler, Softlink (which comes with Notator), and Switcher which is a bare-bones -- and I mean BARE-BONES :^) -- task-switcher. -- Ed Krimen ............................................... ||| Video Production Major, California State University, Chico ||| INTERNET: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu FREENET: al661 / | \ SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261 FIDONET: 1:119/4.0
Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz (03/11/91)
Followup-To:world Sender: Roger.Sheppard@actrix.gen.nz (Roger Sheppard) Comment-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu Organization: Actrix Information Exchange, Wellington, New Zealand References: <1991Mar8.203712.29148@cs.cmu.edu> <1991Mar9.005119.29354@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> Distribution: comp.sys.atari.st Date: Sun, 10 Mar 91 13:08:01 GMT In article <1991Mar9.005119.29354@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu writes: > In article <1991Mar8.203712.29148@cs.cmu.edu>, redmond+@cs.cmu.edu (Redmond English) writes: > >Are there any reliable PD application switchers out there ? > >I want to be able to have two application (or maybe more) in memory > >simultaneously, so I can instantly switch between them. > >Multitasking/Time slicing etc. is completely unnecessary. > >Failing on PD ones, any good commercial ones ? > > > >Any details would be appreciated. Thanks, > > Red/. > Revolver is the only product that I know of that does this reliably. > I have see it in action, and it is quite impressive. I was not able > to make it crash (but I didn't try REALLY hard). I think it costs about > $30, worth it. > Mickey R. Boyd | "It's amazing how much growing up > FSU Computer Science | resembles being too tired." > Technical Support Group | > email: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu | - Heinlein Try a French program called Twist, by HiSoft of the U.K.... -- Roger W. Sheppard 85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...