Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Roger.Sheppard
From: Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Application switcher: Info Wanted
Message-ID: <1991Mar10.130801.19828@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 11 Mar 91 05:07:50 GMT
Lines: 28

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...