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- From: sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu (PETER SINCLAIR-DAY)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!y
- Message-ID: <1996Apr4.001549.53820@cobra.uni.edu>
- Date: 4 Apr 96 00:15:49 -0600
- References: <1996Mar9.164206.53264@cobra.uni.edu> <DoB0sw.CxI@bton.ac.uk> <4jvh78$8gn@mack.rt66.com>
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Organization: University of Northern Iowa
-
- In article <4jvh78$8gn@mack.rt66.com>, sloppy@mack.rt66.com (John Millington) writes:
- > Karl Thomas (kathomas@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
- > : 1. Commodities = Mac extensions.
- >
- > Can you unload an extension?
- >
- > : 2. Real multitasking = cooperative multitasking is just as "real" as
- > : preemptive
- >
- > Why can't my Mac (Shapeshifter) do anything else while MacPPP is dialing
- > and redialing? I have a busy ISP, and sometimes I get busy signals for
- > several minutes. The Mac is totally unable to do anything else while it
- > is doing this. Sure, sometimes Mac's "multitasking" works out ok and is
- > almost acceptable. But the illusion is shattered time and time again.
-
- Why can't the Amiga multitask when I played Lemmings. I thought you could have
- fun while formatting floppies...
-
- >
- > Yog-Sothoth Neblod Zin,
- > John Millington
-
-
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