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From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: True Multitasking
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Date: 15 Jan 91 19:43:37 GMT
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In article <42554@ut-emx.uucp>, awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes...
>programs.  What exactly do you need your machine to do that "true" multitasking
>would allow?

 Oh...let's see. How about being able to switch out of the Finder during copy
 operations or disk formatting? How about not having one's download wedge
 because a menu was held down too long? How about getting decent foreground
 performance with something running in the background that is not a "good
 citizen"? How about real print spooling?

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