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From: mui@atari.UUCP (Derek Mui)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TT desktop & prices
Message-ID: <2300@atari.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 90 19:50:39 GMT
References: <1914@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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in article <1914@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca>, jhenders@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) says:
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> Summary:TT window limit?
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> 	Thanks for the extra info,Derek. One other question. Has the limit on 
> the number of open windows been raised at all in the TT?
> 	John Henders(ubc-cs!van-bc!jhenders)
> 	Vancouver,BC


	No, the maximum number of window is still eight. We can change the AES
to handle X number of window easily. But if we change it to handle X number of
window, then people will ask for X+1 number of window. It will go on forever!

	Since the AES is a single-task environment, eight windows are generally
quite enough for most of the applications. Moreover, changing the AES to have
unlimited ( dynamic ) number of window is not an easy job :-(

	However, if the AES is changed to handle multi-tasking, then we should
definitely have the dynamic window feature. Agree?

	Once again, things may change. I am not the boss.



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