Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!mongo!waynet From: waynet@mongo.uucp (Wayne Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: simple multitasking examples Message-ID: <33627@mongo.uucp> Date: 15 Feb 89 15:26:04 GMT References: <8662@louie.udel.EDU> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Mtn View, CA Lines: 13 In-reply-to: iphwk%MTSUNIX1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu's message of 13 Feb 89 18:56:59 GMT In article <8662@louie.udel.EDU> iphwk%MTSUNIX1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Bill Kinnersley) writes: In <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. In simplest terms, Jim, did you ever consider what it would be like to be married to two women? Well that's multitasking. Nah, that's time-sharing ;-) Wayne