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From: erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Question about windows and processor time (3b1)
Message-ID: <356@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 20 Feb 89 10:38:56 GMT
Reply-To: erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend)
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Here's the test:

Run a lot of stuff on your system at once, say an expire and a big make
(pcomm or elm work well).
Set up 4 or 5 windows to page through.
Using the new wmgr from THE STORE -- the one that lets you hot key through
the windows -- page through the windows at about one per second.

Does your hard drive *pause* while you go from one window to another?
Mine does.

I thought Unix was multitasking, etc etc.  I didn't think it would
have to stop HDU access just to change windows.  Am I missing something
vital>


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