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Article #18306Re: Mac Multitasking
From: Larry Rosenstein
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 22:59
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 22:59
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In article <1544@apple.UUCP> I wrote:
>
>You can say that the multitasking in Unix or the Amiga O/S is more
>advanced, but you cannot say that Multifinder is not multitasking.
>Multitasking is the ability to run 2 processes (apparently) at the same
>time, which is something Multifinder can do.
Someone asked me if this statement implied that MultiFinder could only run
2 processes at once. The answer is no. You can run as many processes
simultaneously as you have memory for. I should have written "2 or more"
instead of just "2".
--
Larry Rosenstein
Object Specialist
Apple Computer
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!lll-tis!lll-lcc!pyramid!voder!apple!lsr From: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac Multitasking Message-ID: <1564@apple.UUCP> Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT Article-I.D.: apple.1564 Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 15:56:21 EDT References: <6565@eddie.MIT.EDU> <2742@hoptoad.uucp> <3638@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <2758@hoptoad.uucp> <496@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> <1544@apple.UUCP> Reply-To: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) Organization: Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer Lines: 22