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From: boyd@open.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Application switcher: Info Wanted
Message-ID: <1991Mar9.005119.29354@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 91 07:01:08 GMT
References: <1991Mar8.203712.29148@cs.cmu.edu>
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Distribution: comp.sys.atari.st
Organization: Florida State Universiy Computer Science Department
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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.

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