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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Multitasking on a II
Message-ID: <14720@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 12 Dec 90 20:28:45 GMT
References: <10425@ucrmath.ucr.edu> <14705@smoke.brl.mil> <10548@ucrmath.ucr.edu>
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In article <10548@ucrmath.ucr.edu> rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) writes:
>>>Timer interrupt is needed only for preemptive scheduling...
>I don't want to start an rwar on what is and what isn't "true" multitasking...

Before carrying this any further, go LOOK at a member of the "Blit"
family of dot-mapped display terminals running in "layers" mode,
e.g. AT&T Teletype model 5620 or 630, then ask yourself if such
performance would meet your wishes for an Apple IIGS multitasking
environment.  These are true multitasking computers WITHOUT timer-
interrupt scheduling.  I am intimately familiar with their design,
and assure you that an Apple IIGS has all the necessary hardware
to support such an operating environment.