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From: foy@aero.ARPA (Richard Foy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multi-Tasking?  A Nightmare... ?
Message-ID: <22208@aero.ARPA>
Date: 31 Dec 87 18:31:59 GMT
References: <8712270015.AA07419@jade.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: foy@aero.UUCP (Richard Foy)
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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In article <8712270015.AA07419@jade.berkeley.edu> LAUL@UREGINA1.BITNET (Dennis Robert Gorrie) writes:
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>that I am thinking of, the feature of multitasking is a hindrance; for
>example if a particlar user will never use this feature, but must pay
>extra for it.  The case I have in mind is a friend who is in university.
>He wanted a computer for word-processing, and NOTHING ELSE. All he had
>was $400 (Canadian) to spend.  He was familiar with PC compatibles, and
>one particular word-pro program.  Since he was comfortable with it,
>
>
>                         Dennis Robert Gorrie
I like Dennis mailly bought my A1000 because it has great graphics and
sound and upon the reccomendation of a Non Power user friend. Then I had
real understanding of multi-tasking. I still have very little. However
I find it a big help in my main use of teh Amy. That is writing letters 
to the Editor, letters to my reps in Washington, Sacremento etc.

I use TxEd or Notepad to do this. I am banging away. I want to see what
I wrote sometime ago to someone else. I don't remember who or where. I
search my whole disk labeled Letters: to a ram: file in the background
and continue with my letter. When the simple search script flashes the
screen I call up one or more new editors to cut and past from the previous
writings, always seeing the context of the current letter.

Thus if I were going to buy a computer today, if my budget were was
limited, if I had seen a knowledgeable demonstation of the A500 as
a writing tool, that is what I would buy. Just the computer. I would 
use it with the cheapest TV monitor set up possible. I would be happy
with my choice. I would be using multitasking. I would be thinking up
new  simple usesd for multitasking. I still would not have any 
technical understanding of what it does.

It is my stong believe that anyone who buys an Amiga, who has had a good
pragmatic demonstartion of its capabilities for the application the 
potential customer has in mind will become a satisfied buyer.

Richard Foy

The opinions are mine all mine!