Path: utzoo!censor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Multi-tasking Message-ID: <7589@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 9 Aug 89 15:52:43 GMT References: <30339@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Distribution: usa Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 21 in article <30339@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, mitchell@janus.berkeley.edu (Evan Mitchell) says: > Is multi-tasking second nature for most Amiga users? I think multitasking is natural for most human beings. With few exceptions, most of us can walk and chew gum at the same time. Maybe even spin a yo-yo as well, possibly even while listening to a walkman. Most of the non-computer literate folks I've shown my Amiga would have to be explicitly told why it can't run several programs at once. I once showed my oldest sister how to fire up one of the original Demos from the 1.1 disk. The first thing she did when I handed her the mouse was to fire up several Boxer and Dotty windows. Folks who use single tasking machines and can't think of a use for multitasking are folks who've adjusted their way of thinking to what they expect a computer can do. That's a very dangerous habit. > -Evan -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Systems Engineering) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy Be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it