Re: Multitasking Considered Useless?

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From: Tim Smith
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1986 19:50

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>No, the mac WASN'T designed for multi-tasking with stuff built into
>the ROM for it like with the amiga, but the time for it is LONG overdue!
>
Oh come on!  The Mac has as much ROM support for multi-tasking
as the Amiga :-)

But seriously, the problem is not the Mac os.  It is the hardware.
Apple was right to not try to put multi-tasking on the Mac.  Without
an MMU, multi-tasking is dangerous.
-- 
"I *DO* believe in Mary Worth"

Tim Smith       USENET: sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim
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Subject: Re: Multitasking Considered Useless?
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Date: Mon, 11-Aug-86 15:50:32 EDT
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