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From: ramsiri@blake.u.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj)
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Subject: SOFTLINK really multitasks !
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Date: 14 Jan 91 18:15:17 GMT
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I thought this was pretty cool.

TOS 1.4 auto boots NEODESK, which autoboots
SOFTLINK which sets up three virtual
desktops and subsequently starts NOTATOR
in partition one.  I start a sequence of
music playing in NOTATOR, and then, with
a key click, i enter partition 2, load
TEMPUS, and begin printing a file WHILE
i am hearing NOTATOR playing midi music,
then with another key click, i enter partition
3, load STalker from MULTIDESK and
put it in miniBBS mode... my friend calls
and logs on and runs GULAM remotely..
I was even able to run another NOTATOR
session launched from the TEMPUS editor.

I thought all this was pretty slick.
The environment is a bit fragile... FOr instance,
if you want to REMOVE a multidesk accessory, the
partiton bombs.. also, we haven't been able
to figure out how to get the command line shell
(gulam in this case) to work for the remote
user on his end .. doesn't seem to echo
to the remote user, but definitely runs gulam
and is displayed on the host.

-kevin