V131Q5CG@UBVMSC.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (John Taylor) (03/24/89)
Topic #1: Vertical Blanking Interval Recently there was some talk of this and I kept forgetting to throw my two cents in, so here it is: If location -16359 is >128 then a screen-refresh is happening; <128 means the vertical blanking interval is occuring. Of course, this probably dosen't apply to the GS and it's probably been mentioned already (and I missed it) so my two cents is reduced to a peso or a ruble or something... Topic #2: >From: Michael Steele <mikes@NCSUVX.NCSU.EDU> >Subject: Re: Contructive discussions on Apple future (Was:Re: (none)) >In article <931@n8emr.UUCP> lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) writes: > [ Lots of "I wish I could have UNIX on my GS" stuff deleted... ] >>The other thing that I personally want on my IIgs is Minix, or something >>like it. Minix is a Unix-alike which permits multitasking and I believe >>even multiuser capabilities. > AMEN!!! Wait a second; is this the ][GS that eveyone keeps complaining about, mainly because it's SLOW?!? If it can't run one program quickly enough for you, what's the point of adding a capability that realistically can't be used? I'm confused (not criticizing); why go to all the trouble? *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- John Taylor -- SUNY at Buffalo | | Internet: v131q5cg@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu New York: | Bitnet: v131q5cg@ubvmsc "The Vampire State" | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\