Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!balboa.eng.uci.edu!nguyent From: nguyent@balboa.eng.uci.edu (Thien Nguyen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: An interesting idea... Message-ID: <281D0613.26690@orion.oac.uci.edu> Date: 30 Apr 91 05:52:19 GMT References: <921@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <.29G1$1-1@cs.psu.edu> Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: balboa.eng.uci.edu In article <.29G1$1-1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >Ever heard of multitasking? Then you know that the CPU can do >something else while it's printing. Wow, someone just printed while I >was typing this message. > >And before you mention it, NeXT changed the priority under 2.0 so that >printing has a lower priority. Isn't multitasking neat? > >-Mike Mike, There is an article about Next and Steve Jobs in the latest issue of either Forbes or Fortune, I can't remember. It's the April 29, 1991 issue. The article didn't sound too good for the future of Next!!!