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From: jmpiazza@sunybcs.uucp (Joseph M. Piazza)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare...
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Date: 22 Dec 87 02:19:46 GMT
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In article <3256@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> davidli@umn-cs.UUCP (Dave Meile) writes:
>... If you have
>access to two programs (ala Multifinder or perhaps through a "desk
>accessory" [IBM PCs have desk accessories too, folks]) you already have
>as much power as you're ever liable to need in most environments.

	With your mentality we would all still be using punch cards on one
of the world's two computers.

	Now I see it!  Multitasking means running a batch job on BOTH
computers at the SAME time!  You're right:  it's a waste.

Flip side,

	joe piazza

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