Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!cs325ec From: cs325ec@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: RTX Screen IO Question. Message-ID: <16000066@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 7 May 90 00:54:00 GMT Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #N:ux1.cso.uiuc.edu:16000066:000:319 Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!cs325ec May 6 19:54:00 1990 I was looking through D.B.'s multitasking kernel docs and I am wondering how IO is handled? If one timeslices applications that are outputting to a screen, how is the output handled? Does each application think its screen is in a different location? IF so how does one switch between them? Thanks. -- Greg