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- From: hdoan@vworks.com (H Doan)
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- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 20:53:29 GMT
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- References: <1996Mar11.221045@cantva> <0099FBB4.0D960DE1@netins.net> <315879bb.17389629@news.onramp.net> <4kba6r$1na@news.uni-c.dk> <jsheehyDpt9K9.7KF@netcom.com> <Dq0190.AJs@bton.ac.uk>
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- In article <Dq0190.AJs@bton.ac.uk>, tl14@bton.ac.uk (Eddie) wrote:
- .
- >
- >No. Multiple Apps open is generally known as Task sharing. I don't know
- >about NT but 95 is the *worst* pre-emptive multitasking OS I've ever had the
- >misfortune to come accross! It tries, but fails!
-
- try NT... Its more solid than any Amiga variation of WB.
- If not, don't even try to make any snide remarks..
- It will run circles around the Amiga OS... Like I said in other posts....
- Multi-tasking, mult-threading, multi-honing, multi-processor OS..
- Who needs Amiga custom chips when you can have MULTI-PROCESSORS..
-
- Bye bye denise, bye bye paula and agnus.. hello second Pentium cpu.
-
-
- >
- >: BTW, where can you buy floppies that aren't already formatted? How often
- >: do you format floppies?
- >
- >What are you talking about? All new floppies come as unformatted media.
- >Without exception! Perhaps your floppy dealer formats them for you? Very
- >bizzare. If this is the case, I'd be really careful about viruses.
- >
- Actually, at your local Costco you can probably get 50 formatted SONY
- or TDK floppies for $20.. The dealer does not format them, they come formatted
- from the manufacture.. I'm assuming high-density diskettes. Haven't used
- double-densities ones in over 3 years.
-
-
- >What they are talking about is the fact that the Amiga can multitask properly!
- >Windoze cannot. There is a big difference between Task Sharing and
- >Multitasking. Multitasking means that applications perform work concurrently.
- >Task Sharing, only the application in focus does anything!
-
- Multitasking means running apps simulataneously. As I write this note, I'm
- also downloading stock news from my ticker program, uploading files to my FTP
- site, and doing a batch conversion of graphics all at the same time... All
- done on Windows.
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