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Re: Multi-Tasking on Apple IIgs?
- Subject: Re: Multi-Tasking on Apple IIgs?
- From: The Wizard of Oz <wizard@emeraldcity.gov>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:35:05 GMT
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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:57:51 +0000, Bryan Parkoff wrote:
> Is there a way to write assembly language that can run two applications
> at same time as multi-tasking? It has to run first application and then
> switch to run second application at the same time. It may be the Program
> Counter register that it can be modified. I don't know how like Intel did.
>
> Bryan Parkoff
I was going to ignore this thread until I thought about the possibility
of co-processor cards. If a co-processor card could be active the same
time as the GS processor then you could get true multi-tasking as opposed
to the time slice mechanism everyone else is suggesting.
Later
Mike