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From: pswanson@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu (Paul Swanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How do we change the scheduler? (Was Re: Multitasking at ho
Message-ID: <1451@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 91 16:19:09 GMT
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In article <42560@ut-emx.uucp> awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:
>In article <1449@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu> pswanson@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu (Paul Swanson) writes:
>
> [bunch of 'is too' 'is not' type arguments deleted]
>
>Tell me, are there default time slices for programs on the Amiga?  Are you 
>telling me that all Amiga users run their machines stock?  Nobody uses
>PD/shareware/commercial enhancements?  No custom setups?  If so, I'm impressed,
>but saddened.  I'd hoped to play with things (I like tweaking.)

Ah Ha!  You've fallen into my trap.  This thread started out as an
argument about who would notice the difference between preemptive and
non-preemptive multitasking.  I think the point was that a so called
average user couldn't tell the difference.  The examples I gave
attempted to demonstrate that the unsophisticated user could tell the
difference.  The response to this was that if you substitute this
program for that, flip this switch, or set some parameter to a different
value then Multifinder works just fine.  But, if you are sophisticated
enough to figure this stuff out you are also sophisticated enough to
appreciate the difference between preemptive and nonpreemptive
multitasking.  So basically I think EVERYBODY can tell the difference
between preemptive and nonpreemptive multitasking.

Paul.