Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!xios!greg From: greg@xios.XIOS.UUCP (Greg Franks) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Single tasking the wave of the future? Message-ID: <438@xios.XIOS.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 87 14:16:59 GMT Article-I.D.: xios.438 Posted: Tue Dec 8 09:16:59 1987 References: <201@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <388@sdcjove.CAM.UNISYS.COM> <988@edge.UUCP> <2581@mmintl.UUCP> <3445@hoptoad.uucp> Reply-To: greg@sdn.UUCP (Greg Franks) Organization: XIOS Systems Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Lines: 16 #> Another trend... ...is that towards individual #> (single-user) computers. The future of multi-tasking on such machines is #> very much in question... #Does anybody seriously believe this? I don't. (nor I....) Perhaps the real trend is to single tasks on single computers, but *lots* of computers in one box. Now if Mr. Tramiel can get his Atari-as-Transputer going maybe we'll actually see this concept. -- Greg Franks XIOS Systems Corporation, 1600 Carling Avenue, (613) 725-5411 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Z 8R8 utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!xios!greg "There's so much to sea in Nova Scotia"