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From: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac Multitasking
Message-ID: <1564@apple.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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Reply-To: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein)
Organization: Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer
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In article <1544@apple.UUCP> I wrote:
>
>You can say that the multitasking in Unix or the Amiga O/S is more
>advanced, but you cannot say that Multifinder is not multitasking.
>Multitasking is the ability to run 2 processes (apparently) at the same
>time, which is something Multifinder can do.

Someone asked me if this statement implied that MultiFinder could only run
2 processes at once.  The answer is no.  You can run as many processes
simultaneously as you have memory for.  I should have written "2 or more"
instead of just "2".


-- 
Larry Rosenstein

Object Specialist
Apple Computer

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