Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!FelineGrace From: FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Commodore, Amiga, Apple, and MAC Message-ID: <28761@cup.portal.com> Date: 10 Apr 90 06:31:34 GMT References: <23800@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <626@lovelady.cs.utexas.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 17 Ted Woodward says his Mac can download in the background and do other stuff also. I believe him. But can a Guru on Mac/Amiga explain why? How does the Mac do this and how is the technique the same/different than the Amiga? I for one would like to know what the Mac is doing and what effect does it have on the user and how does the multifinder technique appear to the user as opposed to the Amiga. My guess is that it takes well behaved programs to work together under multifinder. More work for the programmer but when running, maybe they appear as multi-tasking as well-behaved Amiga programs. Email replies to me if you like. I will summarize responses to save bandwidth. Dana Bourgeois @ Cup.Portal.Com See? Only 1 line in my .sig! Well, maybe two. Or is it three...