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Re: multitasking
« on: July 16, 2013, 10:43:02 AM »
To me the Amiga was the first true multitasking computer. Preemptive multitasking is what it uses from memory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemption_%28computing%29
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Re: multitasking
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2013, 09:27:38 PM »
Quote from: psxphill;740917
First pre-emptive multitasking desktop computer, even Windows and MacOS didn't have it. However many mainframe and workstations did.


Yeah, I should have worded it differently :-)

Quote from: Thorham;740941
Any computer can do it with the right os, including the C64 and similar machines ;)


Not sure I would want to try multitasking on a C64 :-) I did have a Commodore 486 for awhile which I used as BBS system where I had to multitask under DOS.

It was possible used DesQView and QEMM and could have three BBS nodes running, although I used just two.

One was for local logon and the other was for live.

Was really robust compared to Windows 3.11 :-)
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