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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Emulator Mechanics
Message-ID: <91073.212510JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 91 02:25:10 GMT
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In article <10924@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel MOYNE) says:
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>> >>> Why doesn't AMAX multitask?
>>
>Just guess why it takes so much to Apple to get system 7.0 (multitasking)
>out. As for A/UX it works the sameway the multifinder works, and since it
>runs only on machines with a MMU....

Unless Apple has one helluva trick up its sleeve and is working on
multitasking that it is not shipping in its Beta versions of 7.0,
the common assumption that 7.0 will multitask is appearing to be false.
Our company is a registered Apple developer, and as such we get all
the 7.0 Beta CD's from Apple.  We've seen 7.0 to date, and to Apple's
credit, it looks quite nice.  It is to Apple's previous OS's what
AmiDOS 2.0 is to 1.3.  But the 7.0 we've seen simply has Multifinder
built-in; it is still TASK-SWITCHING like the current Mac OS.  It is
cleaner, smoother, easier to use, less noticable task-switching, but
it is still not multitasking in the sense that Amiga owners are
used to.

                                                            Kurt
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