Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!ml27192 From: ml27192@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (lanett mark) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: True Multitasking Message-ID: <1991Jan16.182908.12151@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 16 Jan 91 18:29:08 GMT References: <48107@apple.Apple.COM> <1991Jan15.191249.28750@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 11 jxf@altair.cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain) writes: >It is such a pain to reboot simply because I had a bad pointer in a >program that went out and scrambled the OS. Protected mode would >solve this problem. The lack of protected mode is extremely primitive, >to say the least. I agree completely! Forget pre-emptive stuff (at least for a while), just get to the point where you can isolate programs so they don't screw up the rest of the system. I would love to get A/UX just for this ability. Mark Lanett