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Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

Subject: Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
From: riplin@Azonic.co.nz (Richard)
Date: 23 Jan 2003 12:48:49 -0800
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dkelvey@hotmail.com (dwight elvey) wrote 

>  I have a Poly-88 that has a nice BASIC that was not
> a M$ version. As Dave said, it was mostly a marketing
> thing.

One of the interesting things about PolyMorphic BASIC is that it is
multiuser.  A 48Kb machine can be fitted with two monitors (16 lines x
64 columns) and two keyboards to give multiuser.  The one OS kernel
and BASIC interpreter can have multiple data blocks (coded programs
and data areas) and will timeslice between threads in the interpreter.

References:
- Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: pap3@dana.ucc.nau.edu (Paul Allen Panks)
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: "Dave Althoff, Jr." <dalloff@gcfn.org>
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com>
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: dkelvey@hotmail.com (dwight elvey)

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