Re: TIB: Multitasking


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Re: TIB: Multitasking




Grant Stockly wrote:
> 
> Hey!  The processor was orrigionaly used in the Mac in 1983 and in 1984!
> The LISA used it in 83 and the Mac was released with it in 1984.  Remember
> the superbowl comercial "And you'll see why 1984, won't be, like 1984"...
> 
> Btw, I was about half a year old...I just d/l'd it off the net...
> 
> >But to answer the wording rather then the spirit of the question:
> >Yes, multi-tasking _is_ possible, but not with the given OS.
> >The TI-92 processor was originally found in the Amiga 500 (multi-tasked
> >already in 1985 - yes that was an "8" :-), and in similarly old Macs.
> >So if you override the ROM and provide your own OS, you can multi-task.
> >I _think_ it has been done in ASM too though. I don't have much
> >knowledge on the subject and I have unsubscribed the asm list
> >(correctly, in my first attempt, as it should be done, mind you! :-)
> >
> >--
> >          Rene Kragh Pedersen
> >------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Apparently my clothes are defective.
> > - Dilbert.

Yes, 1985 was a reference to the use of AmigaWorkbench which is a
multi-tasking GUI running the Motorola 68000 chip. AW was (c) from 1985
on.

-- 
          Rene Kragh Pedersen
------------------------------------------------------------------
Apparently my clothes are defective.
 - Dilbert.


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