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From: sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Question about IBM and Multitasking:  What is Micro channel?
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Date: 3 Sep 90 00:01:45 GMT
Reply-To: sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland)
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	As an avid Amiga user for over 3 years, I, and many others, often
take multi-tasking for granted.  Now I am starting to see new commercials
for the IBM PS/2 line of computers which "hails the age of PC multi-tasking".
AAAARRRGGGGHHH!  (Now I feel better)  They are pushing a product (?) or
something called "micro channel".  Can anyone tell me what this is?  How does
it compare in multi-tasking to the Amiga?  What hardware/software is required
as a minimum configuration?  Does this have any relationship to MS Windows 
(I thought Windows was supposed to give multi-tasking to the IBM computers)??

Just curious.  I like to know what the competition is up to.

Scott Sutherland
sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu


BTW, has anyone seen the new commercial for the IBM PS/1, which big blue calls
"the computer for everyone" (or some such nonsense) with an easy user interface
and built in software??  Comments?