Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!hcobb From: hcobb@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Henry J. Cobb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amigavision, and Multitasking Message-ID: <31490@ut-emx.UUCP> Date: 12 Jun 90 20:15:18 GMT References: <25935@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: news@ut-emx.UUCP Reply-To: hcobb@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Henry J. Cobb) Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 21 In-reply-to: charles@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Chuck the GREAT) `(1) How does the Amiga truely multitask. Does it have more than one `processor or does there have to be more than one processor in order to `multitask? I heard one person say that there was no true multitasking `because there was only on processor. Is is true that an Amiga without a bridgeboard is only weakly multiprocessing. However from the very first amiga the system has offered full multitasking that is well designed into the OS and user programs. "If used properly, however the speed of interprocess communications on the Amiga approaches the theoretical limits of the 68000 microprocessor" --Brett Glass writing in Byte `(2) What is Amigavision? Amigavision is a new vision of programing incorporated into a presentation editor. Every programer who ever deals with user interface issues should go look at it. Its either at your dealer now, or soon will be. Henry J. Cobb hcobb@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Tyrant of the SFB-tactics E-Mailing list.