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From: rex@otto.COM (Rex Jolliff)
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Subject: Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare...
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Date: 19 Dec 87 15:30:49 GMT
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In article <2959@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes:
>In article <2027@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk> pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee) writes:
>
>>I can't think of *any* two tasks which I do on my home machine which
>>...
>
>Except of course, the classic FORMAT a diskette while the terminal
>program is downloading the file to the ramdisk, or make a backup
>disk before saving the massive changes you just made to your novel...

Gee.. I used to do this kind of stuff on my cbm-64.  8-)
Bobsterm-Pro... great program.
As for the backups, I had a dual drive to do them with at one time.


>Or run a terminal program and a word processor at the same time,
>and produce well formatted answers as you read a BBS.

Again, bobeterm-pro had a pretty decent editor in it, not real good, but
plenty of power for writing messages.

>I'm biased, though.  No way would I want to go back to a single tasking
>computer for anything.

A friend of mine said (as justification for buying his computer) that a
computer is like a microwave or a VCR.  You don't know if you'll even use it
until you get it; and once you have it, you don't know how you got along
without it.  Multitasking OS's are no exception. (I haven't turned on my c64
ever since I got used to the computer at work.)

I think, however, that the first time home (or other) computer user will not
realize or utilize the full potential of Multitasking for quite a while.  They
will have enough fun just making the computer do things one at a time.

>--
>andy finkel        {ihnp4|seismo|allegra}!cbmvax!andy

Disclaimer: I have no profitable connections with the people who sell BTP.
            I just think it's a great program.
-- 

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