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Article #29697Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare...
From: Jim Sewell
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1987 00:53
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1987 00:53
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And of course there is the "My wife will beat me if I don't do so-and-so at 6:00 pm so I'd better put up my alarm clock program in the background while I play this game/write this paper." I have a friend who was one of the (if not THE) very first Amiga owner in Louisville who had a very legitimate m/t usage: 1. Running a word processor to modify a program he was writing. 2. Running Lattice to compile the code. 3. Running a previous version of the code to find deeply hidden bugs. 4. Running a terminal program to occasionally chat with his friends who were using a local system's version of forum (like CB Simulator). Sounds like a very productive use of one's time to me. I can't stand to use some of the other "home" computers from time to time that don't even have keyboard type-ahead, muchless multitasking ability. Jim Sewell Disclaimer: "These opinions "Make knowledge free!" are my own. You are free to disagree, but don't try to tell me mine are wrong."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!coplex!jim From: jim@coplex.UUCP (Jim Sewell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare... Message-ID: <152@coplex.UUCP> Date: 21 Dec 87 00:53:06 GMT References: <2027@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk> <2959@cbmvax.UUCP> Organization: Copper Electronics, Louisville, Ky. Lines: 20 Summary: More multitasking ideas...