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From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels)
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Subject: Re: How do we change the scheduler? (Was Re: Multitasking at home...)
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Date: 15 Jan 91 18:18:01 GMT
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In article <1445@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu> pswanson@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu (Paul
Swans
on) writes:

>How about this:  Try playing tetris while a document is printing in the
>background.  I tried this exactly once and found it to be quite
>irritating.  Oh, and as for importance, if this were possible I bet it
>would be one of the biggest uses of multi-tasking on the MAC!

Try a different spooler or try spooling to RAM if your spooler will let you
switch spool volumes.

Here's a chance for you advocates out there to wax melodic.  On the Mac there
is
a type of process called an INIT that multitasks with or without MultiFinder.
I have about 25 of these (I'm running a "lean" (for me) setup) active,
providing
services like screen saving, network mail and file service, a 
calendar/reminder program, and zillion minor utilities like pop-up menus,
a menuclock, macros, and keyboard shortcuts.

How is this stuff done on an Amiga?