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From: rroot@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: simple multitasking examples
Message-ID: <5337@edm.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 89 15:13:13 GMT
References: <2225@van-bc.UUCP>
Organization: Unexsys Systems Inc., Edmonton,AB.
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From article <2225@van-bc.UUCP>, by lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips):
> 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.
> 
Although this was actually on a windowed UNX box, I think it applies:
I was writing a program that called TAR and DU to get an estimate of whether
or not there was room to append another set of backups to the current tape.
 I had one window open to call tar and show the output.
  one window with my editor running
  one that I used to test the program (so I could pause the debug output at
various points and have it on screen while I edited).
 and a fourth window to do various other random things.

 Then somebody from the general office (they only have IBMs) showed up and
found my (rather cluttered screen) interesting, so I tried to show off some 
random windowing features (including pushing and popping windows).

all of a sudden she goes:
 "Oh, that IS a clock up in the corner" (it had a working second hand).

If I'd have been thinking, I would have resized the window to fill most of the
screen (when I do that, the machine ticks).
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