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From: dsherif@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu (Darin D Sheriff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Real Multitasking? :)
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Date: 20 Feb 91 06:09:28 GMT
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In article <21294@know.pws.bull.com> ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill) writes:
[stuff about multitasking deleted]
> 
> As you can see, this is only one small aspect of what I do while I'm multi-
>tasking. Several other situations bring on unique cominations as well. My
>machine consists of a "stock" 500 with 1 MEG RAM, two drives, printer, and
>2400 baud modem with monitor. A few tech notes: I still get 233CPS using
>Zmodem and almost no slowdown in software activity. I look forward to any
>messages showing how other Amiga users use their machine in multitasking
>combinations.
> 

I find it most usefull when printing something.  My printer is slow so to kill
the time, I log on to the school computer system and go into read news to catch
up on comp.sys.advocacy or whatever my heart desires.  Or, I can go into my
paint program which I usually have running concurrently with my word processor
and catch up on my art as I wait for my printer to finish.  I also use the
Amiga as a remote terminal when doing my programming assignments, capture 
text to a buffer, load it into a text editor, touch it up some, then print it;
all the while, I am still doing work on the school's computers.  Or I...Well 
you get the picture.  Best of all, I don't have to load a special program or do
any 'tricks' to get all this to happen.

>   Tom
> 
>
>--
>       Why purchase a MAC when an Amiga with the same CPU will run 99% of all
>    __ MAC software..and FASTER at that?! The same can be said of the IBM and
> __/// Atari computers, and I can run those in a window. IBM's greatest sales 
> \XX/  tool is ignorance on the consumer's part. Only the Amiga! DEVO Anyone?


-- 
Darin Sheriff; Amiga 1000 owner.        dsherif@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu
People don't pirate software.  Computers pirate software.
Disclaimer: It wasn't me.  It was Chucky.  He did it.