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From: SASQUATCH@ALBION.BITNET ("Kevin O. Lepard  629-5511 x6668", 517)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: multitasking, softswitch, etc.
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Date: 18 Mar 89 18:01:00 GMT
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Would it be possible to write a program similar to softswitch that could
automatically switch between applications, allowing something to run in
background?  I've heard people talk about "heartbeat" interrupts.  Couldn't
that be used somehow?  Even if this cut the speed of the GS in half, it
would still be running as fast as a normal //e

Just musing out loud.  That'd be heck of a nice program if someone could di
(that's "do") it.  I'd love to be able to download, etc, in the background.

Kevin Lepard
Bitnet:  Sasquatch@albion.bitnet