Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!unhd!pel From: pel@unhd.UUCP (Paul E. Leclerc) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Software Carousel Message-ID: Date: 18 Oct 89 12:30:08 GMT References: <834@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM> Sender: pel@uunet!unhd (Paul E. Leclerc) Distribution: na Organization: University of New Hampsha Lines: 39 In-reply-to: gary@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM's message of 17 Oct 89 19:38:40 GMT In article <834@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM> gary@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM (Gary Barrett) writes: >There is a program called Software Carousel which acts as a simple >context-switch, as I understand it. You can run multiple applications >and switch among them as needed. (Unlike Windows/386, they just sit >in the background, idle.) It is supposedly a bare-bones switcher, not >fat like Windows or as expensive either. >Does anyone on the net have experience with Carousel? Do you like it? >I need something less than Windows and Desqview, with such a >context-switching capability. I use an older version of the Software Carousel. I like it alot. It does NO context switching like Windows or DV. YOU manual switch which memory partition you are working on. You can use high memory, EMS, or harddisk for swapping space. When you swap to a new partition, all the other partition stop running. I don't mind that at all. I can have WP4.0 running in one partition (640K), 1-2-3 in another(640k) and an editor in yet another. I just hit a hotkey and poooof.. another partition is swapped in. I also use it to run Telix (comm package) in a partition and have a full DOS partition. NOTE: I am connected directly to a mainframe. I don't know if a modem would drop the line if I swapped Telix out. I can't downloading/uploading in the background but at 19.2K baud, it doesn't matter!! The new version is supposed to be alot better. >-- >======================================================================== >Gary L. Barrett >My employer may or may not agree with my opinions. >And I may or may not agree with my employer's opinions. >======================================================================== -- =========================================================================== Paul Leclerc, Computer Specialist III |Bitnet: P_LECLERC@UNHH.BITNET University of NH |UUCP: ...uunet!unh!pel