Re: The Apple II Now and Forever

[sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)]

In article <BzAEK6.Lpt@rice.edu> jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu (Jim Wong) writes:
>In article <bazyar.724391662@teal> bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>>
>>  And that's too bad, because it wouldn't have been much more difficult
>>to do it the right way.  Stopping all tasks while in a modal dialog
>>is one example where the cooperative philosophy breaks down when
>>applied on top of a non-multitasking system (as MultiFinder was).
>
>Except that MultiFinder doesn't stop everything when the front application
>is in a modal dialog...

...but you can't even switch to another app when the foreground
process is in a modal dialog--and this is with System 7, no less.  (I
was reading in some files with Apple File Exchange and wanted to fire
up a word processor to start messing with the files...no dice, at
least not while the file translation is in progress.

Methinks this is extremely lame.  My 286, running DESQview, does a
better job than this.  (Granted, my 286 doesn't read Mac disks...but I
have no need for that from my 286--and only very limited use for it in
my GS.)

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