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From: mccalpin@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (John McCalpin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Where's the REVOLUTION
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Date: 6 Jun 89 13:28:48 GMT
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Reply-To: mccalpin@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (John McCalpin)
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In a long, rambling article <89147.153425MDM107@PSUVM> MDM107@PSUVM.BITNET
(Michael Mellinger) writes:
>....True multitasking (read preemptive) is not as important as it's being
>made out to be. How much more will it INCREASE the FUNCTIONALITY
>of the machine?

Real multi-tasking makes the difference between a toy and a computer.
-- 
John D. McCalpin - Dept of Oceanography - Florida State University
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