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On 29 Feb 96 Jonathan Pitt sponsored the telephone company by writing to All:

 JP> PC-weeNEE here....I have been a PC user for VERY long time. Since the
 JP> Amiga came out I always interested. I got one now, an A500 1 meg chip,
 JP> 2megs Fast, WB 2.05, 250megHD . 

Congrats.

 JP> impressed! But this multitasking just isn't any better than Windows,
 JP> System 7.5 or whatever.

Don't hurt my eyes like that please.

 JP> If I copy a file from disk to Hard drive (OS is on HD but not partition
 JP> copying to)...I wait and boy do I have to WAIT! Now I thought I could
 JP> copy a file and do whatever else. Why is this? could I copy a file from
 JP> floppy to HD, if I had two HD's? One for the OS and One for the file
 JP> being copied to.

First of all, how are you copying, if you are using the workbench to copy the
file, than you indeed have to wait, because the task is busy, but other tasks
still run. Try loading you ANSI edito first and then copiing the file.

 JP> Soooo why is Amiga Multitaking better than Win 3.11 or any other OS.
 JP> Amiga is fast and tasks full advantage of it's resources , but the
 JP> multitasking is just not that great. Unless it could copy a file, print
 JP> a page of text, and render an image. That would blow WinDOZE, System 7 
 JP> away as far as multitasking. Thanks in advance for setting me straight!

First, the acid test, open for example DPaint and then goto the workbench and
format a disk. Then switch back to dpaint using Left amiga M to flip back. Try
this under windows. You can't!

The diferance is that in the amiga operating system, the operating system is
respocible for deviding the system time between the tasks running whereas on
windoz, the programs have to give up time to let the other programs run. This
is done differently under windows NT.

Offcourse I do have to admit that the amiga get sluggisch when you do a lot at
the same time, but it does not come to a grinding halt, it does still run. And
with more processorpower it would even run better.

MZZL,
 o/ Frank Breedijk              \o
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