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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
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- Subject: Re: Foreground task always highest priority?
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 96 22:09:18
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- Chris J Schnurr (cjs@icbl.hw.ac.uk) wrote:
- : In article <748.6607T1394T1853@aix1.danadata.dk> hendis@aix1.danadata.dk (Henrik Dissing) writes:
- : >
- : >On 01-Feb-96 08:35:00, Dylan Nelson wrote:
- : >
- : >> Does anybody know of something like this, any more information and where I
- : >> might find this?
- : >
- : >Look for Executive on Aminet. And it's not a patch. It's a brilliant
- : >task scheduler that dynamically and "intelligently" adjusts the task
- : >priorities. Shareware, but fully functioning.
- : >
- :
- : I have given up with executive. I found that workbench was extremely sluggish
- : when lightwave was rendering on the other screen. same with vistapro.
- :
- : I don't confess to be a programmer, I'm a user, and executive made my machine
- : less useful.
- :
- : I probably need to read the docs, but I found the amiga's own scheduler
- : more time effective than reading how to get Executive to work :(
-
- The Amiga doesn't have its "own sheduler". It will not alter task priorities
- unless you explicitly tell it to. Executive merely allows you to automate this
- process.
-
- Read the docs. Executive is well worth it.
-
- BTW, to fix the WB sluggishness, just tell Executive not to shedule workbench.
- There is a specific option for this in the prefs program.
-
- -- Mat.
-