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- From: richard@op.ph.ic.ac.uk (Richard Syratt )
- Subject: Re: Multi-tasking
- References: <1992Dec15.183040.25395@netcom.com> <1givnuINNir@katmandu.solbourne.com> <1gm3meINN8qk@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:56:54 GMT
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- In article <1gm3meINN8qk@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys) writes:
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- |> In a previous article, ersmith@netcom.com (Eric R. Smith) says:
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- |> >In article <1givnuINNir@katmandu.solbourne.com> stevem@solbourne.com (Stephen Matson) writes:
- |> >> Is MiNT the defacto standard for multi-tasking on the st?
- |> >
- |> >It's not only the de facto standard for multitasking, it's also
- |> >the de jure standard (i.e. the official one). Or perhaps more
- |> >accurately I should say it's "going to be" the official standard,
- |> >since MultiTOS when it is released will use the MiNT kernel to
- |> >provide multitasking. (MultiTOS will also provide a much enhanced
- |> >AES and desktop which will have extensions to support multitasking).
- |>
- |> What about games?
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- |> Will we be looking at games so sophisticated that they will be running
- |> three different parts of it at the same time?
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- That already happens on unix machines - well sort of - the bulk of the
- multiplayer games have at least two different processes running, but
- then these are meant to be played across the net. Empire (ever heard of it -
- it's severely addictive?) has a process to catch connection requests, this
- forks a process which handles the particular requirements of the player
- who caused it to be forked, and this communicates with another process
- (the one the player actually started manually). I've got a feeling there's
- another one kicking about doing something aswell.
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- |>
- |> Maybe split screen two different games so that one person can play
- |> one side and another person can play another side?
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- Who gets the mouse? :->
- |>
- |> I guess I'm asking for too much. :)
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- |> >
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- |> --
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- Richard
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