What does the abbreviation “SL” stand for?
“SL” stands for “SoftLink”; a very basic multitasking system allowing you to run several programs side by side. This could mean running Notator, a word processor and a synthesizer editor/librarian all at the same time (providing you have the memory available of course), saving you a lot of time when one would normally have to quit one program to start the next one. SoftLink is not a complete multitasking operating system such as MagiC or Geneva, but rather a basic “program-switcher”. Remember, this was years before multitasking was generally available for the Atari ST and quite an achievement in itself! Several users have reported it to work pretty well, but you really need at lest 2 Mbytes of memory (4 Mbytes recommended for serious use).
