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From: dnewton@carroll1.UUCP (Dave Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: I want multitasking: so there.
Message-ID: <620@carroll1.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 89 18:15:22 GMT
References: <890922-074417-3556@Xerox>
Reply-To: dnewton@carroll1.UUCP (Dave Newton)
Organization: Carroll College-Waukesha, WI
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   the example you gave wasn't multi-tasking, it was task-switching.  Don't get
me wrong, that is useful too.

   I would use multi-tasking quite a bit if I had it, i.e. compiling while
word-processing, word-processing while file-transferring, etc...

   Is there any chance of Atari putting out an official Unix-like environment
like Apple's AUX (but with better access to GEM calls/VDI/XBIOS/BIOS)?  That
would be nice, especially if it would run on a 1 MEG ST.  (Can't afford a
memory upgrade yet)

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