In article <1993Apr20.133524.14822@seq.uncwil.edu> caroon@seq.uncwil.edu (Craig Caroon) writes:
>I know this questions is as old as the sky is blue, but...
>
>Is GNO really trun multitasking? Could I, for example, download
>files with kermit in the background while I was busy doing something
>else?
Sure, if someone ports kermit. You can do it now with Zmodem, as long as you
avoid doing foreground things which cause a lot of disk access. GNO uses
preemptive multitasking, which is as true as it gets (ie, real Unix and the
Amiga also use preemptive, whereas the Mac MultiFinder, PC Windows 3, and GS
The Manager all use cooperative or 'fake' multitasking).
>Two more easy questions...
>
>1) How do you pronounce GNO? NO or GaNO or ...
I'm gnot sure on this one, I always pronounce it as the latter...
>2) Where can I get it? Phone Number or Address or ...
> Jawaid Bazyar | Ask me about the GNO Multitasking Environment
> Procyon, Inc. | for the Apple IIgs!
> bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu | P.O Box 620334
> --Apple II Forever!-- | Littleton, CO 80162-0334 (303) 933-4649
(That work for ya? :)
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