> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tony Firshman > Sent: 03 February 2004 21:25 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ql-users] CST Thor > > >Pffft :-) Because I don't know the full ins and outs of any of the > >machines I've got (other than as a user) I have to rely on > what people > >tell me or what I read on the web......somewhere out there is a QL > >document that says the multi-tasking wasn't 'real'. > > What do you define as 'real'. > I haven't seen such a document. > > It had pre-emptive multi tasking with processor support. > The only thing it couldn't do was manage screen refresh.
Wherever I got that info from (suppose I should not my sources in proper publishing fashion) said that while the QL could have more than one app in memory at any point in time, given enough RAM, any background tasks would be paused. Now reading the 2nd paragraph leads me to think whoever wrote that about the multitasking simply noticed the background apps were paused when in reality all they were waiting for was a screen refresh. <snip stuff which I should add to the QL page!> > He also gave a good front end for everything, which was very > much on a par with Windows 3.x Was this the ICE environment I've seen mentioned with the Thor? I haven't found anything on the web about this yet, but then I suppose google isn't 'the web' yet :) > >I can always fire up the QL that's a couple of feet away from me and > >try it for myself :) > > > Please do (8-)# Where did I put that 512k expansion....hmm..... Cheers -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(
