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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: simple multitasking examples
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Date: 13 Feb 89 17:45:10 GMT
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In article <3031@ihlpm.ATT.COM> jmdavis@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Davis) writes:
>What is the simplest example you can think of to demonstrate that
>the Amiga really does have multitasking? Preferably this should be
>in the form of a discussion like "can you do this?" that wouldn't
>require a computer to be present.

Run an NFS server process on it. You know, the whole shebang so that
you can mount the Amiga harddisk over the net while still using it for
stuff like compiling, running shanghai etc. Really a weird concept to 
people around Sun who aren't familar with the Amiga. 

--Chuck McManis
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