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Subject: Daemon
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Date: 11 Apr 89 15:32:49 GMT
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Daemon as of version 2.1 works on the GS.  Daemon however is limited
by three major points:

1) It requires a mousecard (Laser 128, IIc, IIe enhanced or not, IIgs)
   There have been no reports from gs users.

2) Its shareware (I may be doing something about this detail).

3) It requires dedicated drivers.  This limitation was imposed on purpose
   to increase reliability.  This too might be removed once Daemon's
   compatibility on existing machines has been confirmed.

I'm now working on 2.2, a version with up to 64 background tasks, and
the ability for a task to disable daemon more effectively so that it might
take longer than 1/60th second to process a task.

I'll have the 2.2 version ready by Friday.  Probably by tomorrow actually.

One question, does anyone out there feel guilty having Daemon and not
paying for it?  Should I drop the price to $5?  Or just make it freeware?

I want people to enjoy it, as I've said, there's no money in it.

The new version of shell won't be out till after the window routines
come out.  I figure the window routines should be available within
two weeks, meaning I'll probably have shell ready just after I go home
(19 days, 12 hours, ...)  Oh well, nobody's perfect.

--
Michael J Pender Jr  Box 1942 c/o W.P.I.        I wrote SHELL and Daemon,
greyelf@wpi.bitnet   100 Institute Rd.          send bug reports, suggestions,
greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu  Worcester, Ma 01609        checks to me.

People keep asking me if Shell or Daemon are compatible with the IIc, IIe.
YES, I wrote them on my Laser 128.  Now Daemon also works on the GS.
Tell you what, you buy me a gs, I'll write stuff for it...
I guess the only apple Daemon doesn't work on is a mac (heh, heh).