CompuServe Thread

#Multitasking

7 messages in this thread
#124485From: GreG Tsadilas/SYSOPMay 14, 1988 8:56 PM
Henry, if you want to use Interlink go get your ST back. There ain't no such beast for the Amiga yet. But to say that you can do more on a 512K ST than you can on an Amiga with 512K is bullpucky! The problem is not the Amiga or it's 512K, but rather the fact that there is no standalone terminal program like Interlink. If you want it so badly that you are CONSTANTLY harping on it, go get your ST back. Otherwise use what is here for the Amiga. You can get most of the glitz as seperate programs but you have to choose them because of your 512K limit. You easily do it….but running programs like AMIC will cut into that 512K very quickly. GreG
#124499From: Henry ColonnaMay 14, 1988 10:27 PM
Yes, thank you that's what I'm trying to say. But I wouldn't consider it "harping". Other people simply don't believe it. If I went back to the ST, which I don't plan on doing, I'd be missing alot of things I have now. Just as I now miss things from the ST. But I am much happier now. I don't think any 1 computer is perfect over teverything in all circumstances. /exit
#124514From: GreG Tsadilas/SYSOPMay 14, 1988 11:28 PM
Here you go again. It's the software, not the computer itself that is lacking.
#124557From: Henry ColonnaMay 15, 1988 8:38 AM
I AGREE!!!! The reason it got into a "computer" discussion is because others have brought multitasking in as the "cure", when it's not in this case. Multitasking won't make Amic, Access, or Aterm do call logging.
#124574From: Ben BlishMay 15, 1988 10:35 AM
Nor CoComm. Cuz it can do it anyway. <grin> –Ben–
#124749From: Doug WingerMay 15, 1988 10:25 PM
Henry, date >tempfile aterm date >tmpfile2 join tempfile tmpfile2 as logfile Ta dah!! Call logging! Not as accurate as it could be, because it doesn't allow for the time to logon, but you want it to the nearest minute, not the nearest second. By the way, the example I've given is in no way a full procedure, but it gives you the general idea. Call it with Newcli, and you don't give up the original CLI either. Doug
#124752From: Ben BlishMay 15, 1988 10:38 PM
Yah, or you can all it from CoComm via it's execute function – call logging, painless. –Ben–