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From: mneerach@iiic.ethz.ch (Matthias Ulrich Neeracher)
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Subject: Re: Why do application partitions exist?
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Date: 11 Feb 91 11:37:52 GMT
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In article <0B010004.qtlrta@outpost.UUCP>, peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes:
>My memory is rather rusty, but I recall a hack that provided multiple
>applications running in a single large heap.  It was either slightly
>before Switcher or contemporary with it.
>
>It sort of worked OK.  Lots of programs seemed to work for a while,
>then eventually did something unfriendly and would then go out to lunch.
>
>I don't recall what this was called, and it fadded away quickly with
>the coming of Switcher.  Does anyone remember this and what it was
>called?

Could this be Andy Herzfeld's Servant ?

I especially liked the built-in ResEdit.

-- 
Matthias Neeracher                                   mneerach@iiic.ethz.ch
   "These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can 
    even aspire to crudeness." -- William Gibson, _Johnny Mnemonic_