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From: gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Applefest & GS/OS
Message-ID: <8545@smoke.ARPA>
Date: 20 Sep 88 20:57:26 GMT
References: <8809190157.AA21394@crash.cts.com> <471NETOPRMS@NCSUVM> <17431@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) )
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <17431@apple.Apple.COM> keith@apple.com.UUCP (Keith Rollin) writes:
>No multi-tasking involved...But I don't think anyone would want that on a
>2.8 MHz machine. Switching would be more practical, but that's not included
>either.

The original implementations of UNIX were run on less powerful processors,
typically with less hard disk and less main memory.  I assure you I do
want multitasking, particularly so I can have a real toolkit environment
instead of just a bunch of programs.