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From: barry@aurora.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare...
Message-ID: <1442@aurora.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 87 18:04:15 GMT
References: <2027@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk> <2969@cbmvax.UUCP> <3243@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu>
Reply-To: barry@aurora.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
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In article <3243@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> davidli@umn-cs.UUCP (Dave Meile) writes:
>Of course, you don't need multi-tasking to do either of the above jobs.
>A desk acessory does quite nicely (whether you're using an ST, Macintosh,
>PC or Amiga).

	...until your desk accessories start running into one another -
refusing to cohabit, wanting to grab off the same hotkeys, etc.

>The "average user" would be satisfied with a desk accessory, while the
>"power user" will want multi-tasking.

	...until they actually get to *use* a multitasking system, and
find out what they've been missing.

>Now, for the "Why I don't want a multi-tasking system".  (Of course, I have
>access to HUGE multi-user, multi-tasking systems at work...)
>
>I find that I get to do many little things around the house while I'm in
>a terminal session.  I can catch up on my reading, prepare dinner, change
>record albums, everything except un-ARC files I'm downloading (which is
>about the only thing I'd do if I owned a multi-tasking system).

	This reminds me of a cute article I saw recently. The author was
complaining about speedup boards on his IBM. No longer could he have
dinner while a program compiled - barely time for a cup of coffee.
	But for some of us, multitasking helps rather than hinders the
enjoyment of life. I do most of my compiling at the office - can't make
dinner there, or play records. But with multitasking I can listen to the
Amiga's music (DMCS) while I compile or, best of all, read the net :-).
Or both.
	You see? Your mistake is using multitasking to get more work
done!

-  From the Crow's Nest  -                      Kenn Barry
         QQQCLC                                 NASA-Ames Research Center
                                                Moffett Field, CA
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