Re: Multi-tasking

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From: Len Stys
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 02:18

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In a previous article, ersmith@netcom.com (Eric R. Smith) says:

>In article <1givnuINNir@katmandu.solbourne.com> stevem@solbourne.com (Stephen Matson) writes:
>> Is MiNT the defacto standard for multi-tasking on the st?
>
>It's not only the de facto standard for multitasking, it's also
>the de jure standard (i.e. the official one). Or perhaps more
>accurately I should say it's "going to be" the official standard,
>since MultiTOS when it is released will use the MiNT kernel to
>provide multitasking. (MultiTOS will also provide a much enhanced
>AES and desktop which will have extensions to support multitasking).

What about games?

Will we be looking at games so sophisticated that they will be running
three different parts of it at the same time?

Maybe split screen two different games so that one person can play
one side and another person can play another side?

I guess I'm asking for too much. :)

>

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From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
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Subject: Re: Multi-tasking
Date: 16 Dec 1992 02:18:54 GMT
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