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From: eww@engr.ucf.edu (Mr. Eric W. Wampner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Real Multitasking? :)
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Date: 21 Feb 91 04:10:02 GMT
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In article <21294@know.pws.bull.com> ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill) writes:
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>   With all this talk about "True multitasking", I thought I'd relay certain
>instances in which I use the multitasking ability of my Amiga. This is mainly

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>A- Decompress a large archive which I just received. Only, while this is being
>   done I will still have nothing to "do"..so I play Empire (A very good war
>   simulation board game.) while all this is being done.

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>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.
> 
>   Tom

Well, I noticed that you spend a great deal of time decompressing archives,
I suggest a 3000 for this, or maybe zoo. As for ZMODEM, I find it eats CPU
time like no other protocol. But then GOMF was using 19%, which I guess 
could be considered idle. Personally I play Empire while waiting for 
my downloads to complete. or I use sneaker net.

Speaking of Empire, have they come out with a version that supports serial
connections (not the PD, the Commercial Software)?

Is my Amiga Perfect, NO, I would kill for a mac screen, but pay the mac,
price? NO WAY. (money, and speed)

Eric Wampner
eww@engr.ucf.edu