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From: gert@nikhefh.UUCP (Gert Poletiek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Beckemeyer Multitasking Shell
Message-ID: <373@nikhefh.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 30-Jun-87 02:37:09 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 30 02:37:09 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Jul-87 20:56:40 EDT
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Reply-To: gert@nikhefh.UUCP (Gert Poletiek)
Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
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In article <3462@ecsvax.UUCP> tcamp@ecsvax.UUCP (Ted A. Campbell) writes:
>
>Has anyone tried the Beckemeyer multitasking shell for the STs?
>I'd be interested in hearing reactions.

I've tried it one afternoon sometime ago. It looks nice on the outside, but
has too many disadvantages to be useful:

	- it takes up far too much memory
	- memory will fragmented in no time if you run a background job
	- (Tools) TeX and Absoft FORTRAN (and a number of other applications)
	  cannot be run by it.

With the quality of ST applications improving I kinda forgot where the reset
button is located; after experimenting with the multitasking shell I knew
exactly where the reset button is.


Gert Poletiek.