Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!uunet!intercon!amanda@intercon.com From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Need info on multitasking capabilities on the mac Message-ID: <1585@intercon.com> Date: 30 Nov 89 23:52:05 GMT References: <6432@tank.uchicago.edu> <1574@intercon.com> <33410@mirror.UUCP> Sender: news@intercon.com Reply-To: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Lines: 17 In article <33410@mirror.UUCP>, francis@mirror.UUCP (Joe Francis) writes: > and don't forget "HyperTrue" multitasking: such as having a quickdraw > coprocessor or multiple cpu's Well, luckily most people still call that "multiprocessing", although as it becomes more prevalent, people will probably start arguing about it, too. I can hear it now... "Well, I know I have 6 I/O processors and a graphics engine, but when will I get *real* multiprocessing?" "What you probably mean is *symmetric* multiprocessing." "Everybody knows that's the only real kind..." Sigh. Grin. It's always something. -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation amanda@intercon.com