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From: gwills@maths.tcd.ie (Graham Wills)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: True Multitasking
Message-ID: <1991Jan21.101644.939@maths.tcd.ie>
Date: 21 Jan 91 10:16:44 GMT
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Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
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In article <1991Jan15.191249.28750@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> jxf@altair.cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain) writes:
>However, I would much rather see protected memory mode enabled for those
>Macs which have memory management units installed, than preemptive
>multiprogramming.

 Yes!


>I'd _really_ like to be able to compile my programs in the background.
>
>Fat chance.

 What's the problem? I do this nearly all the time. There are a lot of 
 programs that usefully work in the background apart from downloading files.
 Compaction programs work (good). Excel re-calculates (not often necessary)
 Printers print (necessary). I write simulations for my Ph.D that run in
 the background, and auto-start after a reboot. It's no problem. Not to
 mention the host of clocks, load average plotters, etc. that are just plain fun