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From: cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Multitasking on an Apple II
Keywords: Multitasking
Message-ID: <2831@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 5 Apr 89 00:43:05 GMT
Reply-To: cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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     I admit, I don't know very much about the actual hardware of the II (but
     that will soon change).  I have one question though:

     Has anyone heard of the Tandy Color Computer III?  I'd just like to point
     out that the Coco III has a priority based multitasking operating system
     out for it right now.  Now, if a Coco III can multitask, why can't an 
     Apple II?  I believe they are both based on the 6502.  I can't remember
     though, the Coco III might have the 6809 or something else.  But anyway,
     it is an 8 bit, it doesn't have an MMU and it can't support the kind
     of memory an Apple II can (I believe it is limited to 512K.  I've got
     friends that have 2+ megs in their Apple IIe's).

     The operating system is called OS-9 (it was out long before OS-2 for the
     IBM) and it does a nice job.  I actually got to play with it.

     I am a first year EE major so I'm not an expert (yet), but I do think it
     can be done.  

					Collin Douglas