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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: SoftSwitch
Message-ID: <15417@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 10 Mar 91 21:19:43 GMT
References: <9103081838.AA08903@apple.com>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <9103081838.AA08903@apple.com> ENT0022@OUACCVMB.BITNET writes:
>I would like to know a program called "SoftSwitch".

SoftSwitch is published by Roger Wagner Publishing.  It runs on a IIGS
(only), and provides a CDA that lets one switch among several "current"
8-bit Apple II programs.  For example, one can switch from AppleWorks
(8-bit version) to the old French 8-bit graphic Finder-like desktop and
back.  I find it most useful for saving the state of a game such as
Wizardry (which does not itself support a "save" command) before trying
something dangerous.  If I need to, I can restore the saved state using
SoftSwitch.  SoftSwitch is of no particular use with 16-bit applications.