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From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: Need info on multitasking capabilities on the mac
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Date: 22 Nov 89 23:19:09 GMT
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In article <2008@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>, jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright) writes...
 
>radius!lemke@apple.com writes:
>| What is it that you do on the Amiga (3 or 4 things at once) that truly
>| requires "True Multitasking"(TM) and therefore is impossible on the Mac?
> 

[starts download in background]
>Open up a menu from menu bar.  Hmmm... what do I want to do?  Look around
>for a bit.  Make a selection.  Check in on the download.  WHAT!!!!
>ABORTED!!!  Oh &^@$%^&%#@ great.  The entire computer comes to a screeching

Sounds like it's your comm program, not the Mac OS.  I've never had any
problems of that nature when downloading (using Versaterm).  I can choose
menus, play games, etc.  Pretty good multitasking, as far as I'm concerned.

Robert


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