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- From: bloc1469@ee.ee.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 23:53:09 GMT
- Organization: Electrical Engineering Dept. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- In article <1992Dec22.202139.26340@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
- >Apparently, someone asked about what the early Mac had for inter-process
- >communication.
-
- And you thought that it would be cool to mention that the Mac has a
- clipboard? Saying that a clipboard is IPC is like saying that a torch
- is a cool way to light your house.
-
- >"Yes Greg, I have heard of Rexx. From my point of view it appears to be a
- > rather large stick which you seem to be using to beat every non-Amiga
- > advocate in this group with."
-
- >:-):-):-):-):-):-):-)
-
- :D Okay. Now, here's where I'd disagree. The Mac now has some form
- of IPC, even if it's totally inaccessible. OS/2 did it the right way,
- naturally. :)
- >
- >Whoa! I misread Peter's conjunction as "and" instead of "or", so to me
- >it sounded like he meant that even under OS/2, PC's could only use large
- >memory as a RAM-Disk or swap space. I apologize for my sloppy reading.
- >Sorry, Peter!
-
- It was funny. ;)
-
- Greg
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