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- Product Brief - MULTIPLE CHOICE
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- MULTIPLE CHOICE enables you to have multiple programs in memory,
- and, with a keystroke, switch which program is displayed and
- running. The memory of your computer is divided into up to 8
- channels, each of which is like a separate computer which has its
- own screen and can run a program. The memory used by the MULTIPLE
- CHOICE program is about 4K, and about 6K of memory is needed for
- each channel for state information. Using MC with three channels
- will therefore use about 22K of memory. Each channel can run any
- application that runs under DOS 2.x or 3.x, and all DOS facili-
- ties are available, including batch files and I/O redirection.
- The small size of MULTIPLE CHOICE leaves plenty of room to run
- multiple applications, even 1-2-3, Wordstar, and DOS, together in
- a 256K machine. MULTIPLE CHOICE also includes a data transfer
- facility which takes a "snapshot" of the display screen, and
- writes it into a disk file. This file can be edited and/or used
- as input to another program.
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- MULTIPLE CHOICE is easy to use. There are only 3 basic commands
- which are invoked by holding down the <Ctrl> key, and then press-
- ing a key on the numeric key pad.
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- <Ctrl> <number (1-8)> = Switch to channel number specified
- <Ctrl> <0 or Ins> = Take a Snapshot of the current screen
- <Ctrl> <keypad +> = Display Status line (channel #, memory)
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- MULTIPLE CHOICE will run with "background" programs like ProKey
- and SideKick. Run them before MC, and all channels will share
- their functions.
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- MULTIPLE CHOICE adds new and useful functions to your existing
- applications. For example, it adds print spooling to applications
- that do not have it. If you are running 1-2-3 and want to print
- your spreadsheet without waiting, print to a disk file, then
- switch to another channel and print the file using the DOS
- "Print" command. You can then switch channels back to your
- spreadsheet while the printing continues.
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- MULTIPLE CHOICE works with graphics. Invoke MC with the graphics
- option, and you can switch in and out of most applications that
- use graphics just as easily as switching non-graphic programs.
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- MULTIPLE CHOICE is configurable. You can let MC use its preset
- channel sizes, change the pre-sets to suit your applications, or
- set channel sizes from the command line.
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- Awesome Technology, Inc.
- Offices: (408) 646-1384
- Toll-Free Order Lines (Visa/Mastercard)
- Inside CA (800) 624-2644 ext 803
- Outside CA (800) 548-2255 ext 803
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