wilts@cavax.ab.ca (Ed Wilts) (09/28/89)
In September's issue of Keyboard, they state that "Commodore is planning
to release a system called the CMU Amiga MIDI Drive". Does anybody have
any more info on that?
They also state (in the "Ready for the '90s" article) that "the new buzzword
is multi-tasking - the ability to simultaneously access multiple software
programs in real time. The musical potential it offers is truly awesome,
and it is definitely the wave of the future. Who knows, musicians might
just have the opportunity to become creative again."
Also in the same article, "Atari software developers met (for the first time
ever) to hammer out an agreement on which operating system to adopt."
Does Atari have a multi-tasking operating system? :-)
.../Ed (Wilts%CaVax.AB.CA@UncaNet.Bitnet)
Ed Wilts (403) 234-1007
Sr. Systems Analyst, Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta, Canadacolyer@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (09/28/89)
Actually I think that there are about 3 or 4 multi-tasking Operating Systems for the Atari, only thing is that no one can decide which one to use! -James Colyer COLYER@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) (09/29/89)
In article <302@nigel.udel.EDU> wilts@cavax.ab.ca (Ed Wilts) writes: >In September's issue of Keyboard.... >they also state (in the "Ready for the '90s" article) that "the new buzzword >is multi-tasking... >..."Atari software developers met (for the first time >ever) to hammer out an agreement on which operating system to adopt." >Does Atari have a multi-tasking operating system? :-) KEYBOARD and other electronic music magazines tend to misuse the term "operating system". A third-party company comes up with an environment in which several of its own programs can co-exist and share data, and this gets labeled an "operating system". The companies call it various things, like "program environment", but the magazines are using "OS" as a buzzword, much like "workstation" is misused. Dan //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | Dan Barrett - Systems Administrator, Computer Science Department | | The Johns Hopkins University, 34th and Charles Sts., Baltimore, MD 21218 | | INTERNET: barrett@cs.jhu.edu | UUCP: barrett@jhunix.UUCP | | COMPUSERVE: >internet:barrett@cs.jhu.edu | BITNET: barrett@jhuvms.bitnet | \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////