Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!uw-beaver!cornell!johnhlee From: johnhlee@fulla.cs.cornell.edu (John H. Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Multitasking workbench 2.0 Message-ID: <51567@cornell.UUCP> Date: 4 Feb 91 17:31:35 GMT References: <588+H8*@irie.ais.org> Sender: nobody@cornell.UUCP Reply-To: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu (John H. Lee) Distribution: usa Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY Lines: 20 Summary: Followup-To: In article <588+H8*@irie.ais.org> kelson@ais.org (David Lewis) writes: > > This is probably a dumb and already anwsered question.. but I coudlnt >find it so here it does.... My neighboor just got a 3000 at work.. and >everything is going pretty good with it.. except I cant seem to get >the workbench 2.0 to multitask... I 'thought' it was automatically >supposed to... Could you give a little more information as to why you think it wasn't multitasking? Multitasking is a responsibility of the lowest system software layer, and all applications (Workbench included) always multitask (besides games that take over the system, usually by requiring you boot from them.) (Bleah. I need a better verb meaning "to participate in a multitasking environment.") ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DiskDoctor threatens the crew! Next time on AmigaDos: The Next Generation. John Lee Internet: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu The above opinions of those of the user, and not of this machine.