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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: When will mac to do multitasking?
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Date: 5 May 91 22:34:07 GMT
References: <1991May3.035637.4446@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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In article <1991May3.035637.4446@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> aqhx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
> When will Mac be able to multitask?

Since 1984.  There have been a variety of multitasking programs and operating
systems available for the Mac.  These programs have ranged from simple task
switching (DA's and Switcher), background processing (Mulitfinder), to
full pre-emptive task switching (UNIX).  There is even a group that built
a multi-processing system that steals time slices from Macs connected to
an AppleTalk network (written up in DrDobbs about 2 years ago).

-john-

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