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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend)
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Subject: Re: Multitasking at home (Was Reality check: ....)
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Date: 18 Dec 90 00:28:02 GMT
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In article <1990Dec15.031131.17141@isc.rit.edu> pwg8482@isc.rit.edu (P.W. Gousios ) writes:
>In article <1990Dec13.155848.8152@maytag.waterloo.edu> giguere@csg.uwaterloo.ca (Eric Giguere) writes:
>>Don't flame me for this, but.... most people DON'T need multitasking on
>>their computer.
>    Most people don't need a computer... but that is another topic.

Hm, I multitask most often in the following manner:
uploading/downloading stuff to/from bbses or work while playing nethack,

Run a digitizer and a paint program at the same time, or my frame buffer
software (takes forever to process big images on a 68000 :-) and a paint
program.

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