Re: Normal MSDOS multitasking!

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From: Petri Virkkula
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:54

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On Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:41:12 GMT, dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch) said:

Duncan> In article <9212142475@fcshome.UUCP> fredex@fcshome.UUCP (fred smith) writes:

Duncan> The number of times where it really matters whether two programs are run 
Duncan> concurrently at half speed or sequentially at full speed is so tiny, that I 
Duncan> doubt if it's on anybody's "10 most important projects" list.


	Idea behind multitasking is to utilize all possible CPU
	cycles. In case of "tar tvf dile.tar | more" or similar
	command sequences the programs are not sun at half speed.
	When "more" is waiting input the "tar" can read ahead from
	slow disk.

	IMHO there is no point to make faster machines than 386
	if they use MSDOS or similar operating system, the CPU
	would be idle most of the time.


	Petri
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Subject: Re: Normal MSDOS multitasking!
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