Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!aplcen!jhunix!ins_adjb From: ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Multi-tasking Message-ID: <2251@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 10 Aug 89 13:43:27 GMT References: <30339@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <13240035@hprmokg.HP.COM> <1284@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> Reply-To: ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP (Daniel Jay Barrett) Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF Lines: 20 Can't live without it. Yesterday, I was using Kermit to transfer a file from a Macintosh to our VAX. When the transfer finished, I wanted to compare the file sizes of the Mac and VAX versions. I couldn't do it without exiting Kermit, finding the Mac file's icon, and doing an INFO!! I was dying to push the Kermit window "to the back" and do a "dir". An expert Mac user next to me said, "Well, you could do it if you had programs X, Y, and Z installed as desk-accessories." Sigh. Dan //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | Dan Barrett, Systems Administrator barrett@cs.jhu.edu (128.220.13.4) | | Dept. of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 | | E-mail addresses: ARPANET: barrett@cs.jhu.edu | | BITNET: ins_adjb@jhuvms.bitnet | | UUCP: ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP noog | \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////