Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!purdue!gatech!uflorida!novavax!suther From: suther@novavax.UUCP (Scot M. Sutherland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Multi-tasking Message-ID: <1426@novavax.UUCP> Date: 10 Aug 89 04:59:32 GMT References: <30339@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: suther@novavax.UUCP (Scot M. Sutherland) Distribution: usa Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lines: 42 >Somebody in the ST group stated that multitasking is useless on a home. It has been mentioned to me that we teachers would never multi-task. ( I teach Jr. High) :^) >without trying to start a war I posted that for most Amiga users, Technical >as well as non-technical (me) I believe multitasking on a home computer has >become second nature. For me, it makes sense to be able to run Dpaint III and >say "oops, I forgot to listen to that new Sonix score!" boot up and run Sonix, >and say, "oops, I forgot I need to label my disks!", boot up the label program >and .....:-)!! I think that war is raging already. Multitasking for me has become indispensible. In fact I have taken it so much for granted that I sometimes guru my 3 meg A2500 because I get distracted an forget how many tasks I have running. I have not seen this discussed before so I throw it out. Software developers could, and maybe should, take a different attitude in developing for the Amiga than for other machines. Amiga desktop publishing programs don't need a separate text editor when the wise user will use his favorite instead. I thought that Micro Illusions might have stumbled upon the idea that programs can be made in modules for the Amiga, and the modules sold separately in their Photon series. However, I still haven't figured out how to punch Photon Paint into the background so that I can use what I just created with Photon Cell Animator. It makes sense to sell Amiga programs in a series of modules that can be multitasked instead of selling all-in-one packages as is necessary for other computers. >Is multi-tasking second nature for most Amiga users? It certainly is for me. And I think that it would be for most users if they become aware that it can be done. Many people that use other computers don't really understand what I mean when I say multi-tasking. >-Evan Scot--