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From: skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L)
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Subject: Re: Multitasking at home is great!! (Was Reality check: ....)
Keywords: Multitasking
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Date: 22 Dec 90 08:22:40 GMT
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In article <1990Dec15.031131.17141@isc.rit.edu> pwg8482@isc.rit.edu (P.W. Gousios ) 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.
>
>>  (Print spooling is about the only thing I can think of
>>  that the average user will want to do.)
>
>    How about play a game while doing a hard disk backup to tape?
>       (don't tell me that all the good games take over the machine)

     My personal favorite thing to do is to start a really large download
  using Handshake and then forget about it while using MSS Excellence.  Which,
  I might add, is not too hard to do as both programs are quite stable and
  multitask well together.  My other personal favorite is to decompress and
  execute the files I've just downloaded while simultaneously downloading
  another.  Yes, it's true that you don't REALLY need multitasking, but it
  sure is nice!!

                                  --George