Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!ames!mike
From: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: simple multitasking examples
Keywords: Multitasking, printing
Message-ID: <21968@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 20 Feb 89 22:36:00 GMT
Reply-To: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Mike Smithwick)
Organization: NASA - Ames Research Center
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When it comes to multitasking, "the average user" will likely not be running
more than one major task at the same time such as DPaint and WordPerfect.
The real beauty of multitasking is the ease in extending the original OS via
things like FACC, DMouse, GOMF, etc. People will likely be working with one
major package, while running a bunch of the little guys in the background.

Not flashy, but very useful. The PeeCee user should be able to grasp the
utility of this when compared to SideKick, except that the little 
utilities in general don't need to muck around with the OS internals, and
or course are constantly running, checking on things invisible to the
user.

For a more dramatic example, one might demonstrate generating a Hi-Res
dithered Sculpt image for several hours, while still having use of the
machine for other chores.

mike

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          *** mike (cerbral GURU, insert M&Ms to restart) smithwick***
"The great thing about standards is that there are so many of them!"

[disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]