#Multi-tasking Computers
11-May-88 17:14:41
Sb: #123762-#Multi-tasking Computers
Fm: Ben Blish 72667,1341
To: Henry Colonna 74726,3216
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Listen, you can enjoy them all you like; and I can _not_ enjoy them all _I_
like; It is a fact that I would enjoy playing some games – and those that
will multitask, I can in fact play. I cannot, however, crash my system to
play around in some cave – or fly a plane. I don't even use jet but vercy
rarely, because it's broken (breaks everything else, read that as) and I need
my system available for real work. I _do_ have some text adventures that run
very nicely in their own windows, and I love them. All my ham radio stuff
multitasks, too – even the fax stuff, which stops tasking at critical times,
doesn't destroy the system, and can be paused at ANY time to run the rest of
the stuff. I'm just as quick to cast aspersions on CoCo games – they're
broken too; they don't run on my hardware… no difference, in my opinion. It
is a fact that we are here to share our views, and I just want to point out
that here (and almost nowhere else<grin>) Larry and I share a common
viewpoint, that's all. If our opinions carry a lot of weight, it's only
because we're both very active here, both accomplished in the Amiga territory
(read, productive, well known, positive reputations most ways). If you're
upset because you feel your words don't carry the same clout, there's only
one solution… Get Crackin! <grin>. Really though – it's my opinion – why
does it bother you so? –Ben–