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From: ewout@topcat.commodore.com (Ewout Walraven)
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Subject: Re: Notepad 1.7 on wb 2.0/a3000
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Date: 7 Mar 91 13:46:18 GMT
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axpmw@acad2.alaska.edu writes:


>  Notepad 1.7 on wb 2.0/a3000

Notepad does not work reliably with 2.0. It has been replaced with a fine Ed.
You may notice Notepads absence on the WB2.X: partition and the disks that came
with your A3000.

>(we don't have 2 cpu's do we? so how can it run stuff simultaneously
>without other windows pausing etc...)  I'm new to the amiga and wanta

The one 680x0 is multiplexed among the tasks. The speed of task switching gives
you the illusion that multiple tasks run at the same time, whereas in reality
Exec assigns processor time to each task in turn. For an indepth description
of how multitasking is implemented on the Amiga you might want to read the
Exec: Tasks chapter in the 1.3 Rom Kernel Manual: Libraries and Devices.
Especially if you want to tell others about it.