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From: entropy@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (enthalpy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Amiga v ST
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Date: 20 Sep 90 05:58:42 GMT
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In-reply-to: tinyguy@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca's message of 19 Sep 90 21:28:58 GMT

In article <4031@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca> tinyguy@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Yeo-Hoon BAE) writes:
   [...stuff about multitasking...]
   realizing it. For example, I use a terminal program to connect to Unix.
   Usually, compiling takes long time for a big program. I can 'switch'
   to my Amiga side, letting the Unix continue whatever it's doing, I can
   get on with my own stuff. Also what do you do when you are copying

This is not multitasking.  I do this all the time on my ST.
Multitasking involves multiple processes running on the same machine.
It has nothing to do with remote modem connections.

   I think I read something about TOS getting an upgrade so that it can
   also multi-task. Try it, then tell me if you don't need it!

There are several multi-tasking OS's available for the ST, in all
software categories (commercial, shareware, PD).  They are not TOS
upgrades from Atari Corp.  TOS is single-tasking.

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