Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!agate!shelby!neon!calvin!rudd From: rudd@calvin.stanford.edu (Kevin Rudd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: True Multitasking Message-ID: <1991Jan15.182828.28379@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 15 Jan 91 18:28:28 GMT References: <48107@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@Neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 16 In article <48107@apple.Apple.COM> heksterb@Apple.COM (Ben Hekster) writes: >kkirksey@eng.auburn.edu (Kenneth B. Kirksey) asks: > >> Can somebody please tell me why Apple has yet to implement TRUE multitasking >> in the system software? I know that it's really not that hard of a task, >> especially since the amiga has had it for quite some time. Is there a valid ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> reason for not doing it? I'm really curious > Is the above supposed to imply that the Amiga only has things which are easy and that the Macintosh has all of the REAL hard stuff included in it? -- Kevin :-)