home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky comp.sys.apple2:26204 comp.sys.apple2.gno:747
- Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.claremont.edu!nntp-server.caltech.edu!toddpw
- From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.apple2.gno
- Subject: Re: Switch-It! Press Release
- Date: 1 Jan 1993 07:17:41 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
- Lines: 21
- Message-ID: <1i0r6lINNooe@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <Bzz4G6.9vK@csn.org>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu
-
- bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
-
- > Switch-It!, an extension to Apple Computer, Inc.'s GS/OS, that
- > brings Macintosh MultiFinder style capabilities to the Apple
- > IIGS. Switch-It! allows the user to load any number of desktop
- > programs (limited only by main memory) and switch between them
- > instantly. The addition of this important new ability makes the
- > Apple IIGS computer one of the most versatile and cost effective
- > personal computers on the market today.
- >...
- > Switch-It! is closely integrated with System Software 6.0 via
- > its Inter-Application Communication features, turning the plain
- > IIGS Finder into a MultiFinder.
-
- Isn't this just a BIT optimistic?? You compare it to MultiFinder but don't
- state that co-op multitasking isn't included. Unless you've actually got
- that working, I would have to say that you're misrepresenting your product
- in a big way, and that's not going to help you at all.
-
- Todd Whitesel
- toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
-