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From: dewolfe@ug.cs.dal.ca (Colin DeWolfe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: More on the Mac vs. Amiga (vs. Archimedes ?) debate
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Date: 19 Oct 90 15:24:06 GMT
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In article <1990Oct18.140520.2260@anduin.cs.liverpool.ac.uk> rkl@anduin.cs.liverpool.ac.uk writes:
>I'm reading this comparison of a Mac vs. an Amiga with a grin on my face.
>You see, I own both an A1000 and a Mac Plus and I can spot major flaws
>in both:
>
>Amiga
>-----
>
>[file system stuff nuked]
>
>The much-vaunted multi-tasking is too unstable (although I only have
>Kickstart/Workbench 1.3 at the moment) - if one tasks crashes, they all
>do.
>[Other stuff nuked]

Ohhhh, I'm gonna bite on this one.  In some cases this may be true (pyro-
technics and immediate flasing guru) but for the most part is not.  Whenever
a task held requester comes up, only one task has been stopped.  Solution?
Ignore the requester. The program is dead, but all the others are still going
Nothing makes this more clear the the "suspend" and "reboot" gadgets in
2.0 where hitting suspend will stop the program and take the requester away.


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Colin DeWolfe
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