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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>
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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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
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