Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: How do we change the scheduler? (Was Re: Multitasking at home...) Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 91 20:49:08 GMT References: <42459@ut-emx.uucp> <17210@cbmvax.commodore. Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 26 pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic) writes: >How about if your using a floppy based system, running a term prog. that's >downloading to a ram disk and you find out you need a new floppy to store >the files as they are disolved? And then how about disolving that file to >the floopy while you are downloading another file to ram? And then how about >reading the manual that comes with the first file with a text reader like More >while the second file is being disolved to disk and a third file is being >downloaded to ram? YA frogot to mention that this can be done "automaticially" with a nice Arexx script, so ya can play some nice games while the computer is working........ I get pissed off at my HP calculator because it don't multitask! (same with the my 64....) Once ya Multitask ya never ???????????? (I can't think of a good rhyme) >-- -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu Willis F York ---------------------------------------------- Macintosh... Proof that a Person can use a Computer all day and still not know ANYTHING about computers.