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Article #29733Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare...
From: Mike Smithwick
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1988 04:38
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1988 04:38
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[". . .which hung in the air, precisely the way bricks don't"]
In article <3279@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> davidli@umn-cs.UUCP (Dave Meile) writes:
>
> But I still insist that, for the non "power user" there's no need for it.
>
>-- Dave Meile
"well, I for one know, that the 'average' person just
doesn't Need a telephone!" - latter 19th century
"The 'average' person just doesn't need a disk drive,
a cassette recorder will do just fine" - 1979
"Well, when we were designing this thing, Jay asked
'So, how much memory do you think people will put
on this thing?' We all looked at each other, and said
that NO ONE would ever have any need for more than 512K.
So he gave the graphic chips 19 pin addressing."
Dale Luck (I think) explaining the
origins of Chip memory.
--
*** mike (powered by M&Ms) smithwick ***
"if peanut oil comes from peanuts, and olive oil comes from
olives, where does baby oil come from?" --- Lily Tomlin
[discalimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!ames!mike From: mike@ames.arpa (Mike Smithwick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare... Message-ID: <3805@ames.arpa> Date: 3 Jan 88 04:38:13 GMT References: <2027@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk> <22237@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <8155@prls.UUCP> <7909@e.ms.uky.edu> <3279@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> Reply-To: mike@ames.UUCP (Mike Smithwick) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Lines: 30