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From: jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner)
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Subject: Re: Multitasking on a II
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Date: 15 Dec 90 21:01:48 GMT
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In article <1990Dec15.093137.17304@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova) writes:
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>   Oh, I suppose the Amiga "ain't close" then?  What IS close- a Sequent?
>a Pyramid? Cray perhaps?  What do you people want, a personal computer or
>a bloody UNIX mainframe? (I would like to have Unix on my GS, as a sort of
>intellectual exercise- I'd much prefer a truly multitasking GS/OS)
>
>Jawaid Bazyar               | Being is Mathematics 

Just a little note here.  Cray's don't multitask.  They run one job till
it's done to get the maximum CPU throughput for the job.  Then the next 
job is sent through.

Anyhow, can we quit whining about multitasking on the GS?

It's not fast enough to do two things at once and GS/OS and the Toolbox
are not re-entrant, making it hard to do.  It might be acceptable on a 
Zip'ed GS, but I don't have one.


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    Jerry Penner	alberta!bode!jpenne	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada