> > > Yes, an Amiga could do all the cool multitasking and so on running > > > from floppies, but so could a PC if you had the patience of a rock.
> > No, a PC couldn't, not in any PC operating system available in the '80s. > Desqview 386 on a v5/v6 DOS? No, Desqview was a pure round-robin timeslicer. Because it was running multiple virtual DOS environments there was no way for a program to pause when it had no work to do... you ended up busywaiting. Thre's no way you could run a sequencer like DMCS in the background and do anything useful in the foreground. > Xenix did pretty well too, under heavy load, but not running from > floppies, no. Xenix might have been running on a PC, but it was hardly a PC operating system. :) -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
