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From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: 3 Questions
Message-ID: <2995@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 7 Jan 91 19:33:23 GMT
References: <1991Jan7.171926.297@king.mcs.drexel.edu>
Reply-To: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
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In article <1991Jan7.171926.297@king.mcs.drexel.edu> umkeefe@king.mcs.drexel.edu (Michael T. Keefe) writes:
|1)  When running a communications program under multifinder is there a
|problem switching to a different application while in mid-download or
|mid-upload?  I'm currently using MacKNOWLEDGE.

That depends on a lot of things, including:

	a. the program you're using.
	b. the number of other applications running at the time, and what
	   they're doing
	c. what you want to do while the download goes on

In general terms, yes, this is possible.  I do this with White Knight all the
time.  Your MacKnowledge manual should tell you whether or not MacKnowledge is
capable of this feat.

If your telecommunications program allows you to do this, you will then be at
the mercy of the other application you're using as to whether it works or not.
MultiFinder is a "cooperative" mutil-tasking environment.  What this means is
that the multi-tasking feature is dependent upon applications cooperating with
each other and giving up time to background processes.  If you send your 
download to the background and start using some bad-citizen CPU hog, your
transfer will probably fail, through no fault of the telecom program.  Stuffit
1.5.1 has killed a few downloads for me.

Be advised that even in the best case doing this will slow the download to a
degree.

|2)  Has there been any recent news on when System 7.0 is being released?

The "first half of 1991" is the last news I've heard.|

|3)  Does multifinder actually run several applications at the same time.
|Well, at does it at least appear to do this.  I know it can't really, but
|I'm looking for the semblance of it.

Yes, it appears to.

I refuse to add fuel to the "Does it _actually_ do this" flame war that is
sure to follow your innocent question.

chaz

-- 
Someone please release me from this trance.
clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu                                       AOL:Crowbone