[comp.sys.atari.st] Multi-tasking

TK0GRM1@NIU.BITNET (Gordon Meyer) (08/17/89)

>How about dowloading a file to one drive, formatting a disk
>in the other, and editing some text at the same time.

I do exactly that on my ST already!  Using SHADOW and Mystic
Formatter (both by Double Click Software) it's a piece of
cake.

aimd@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Davidson) (03/13/90)

In article <90030820221481@masnet.uucp> david.megginson@canremote.uucp (DAVID MEGGINSON) writes:
>That way, developers can
>start easing their programs towards compatibility now, so that if the 
>great multi-tasking TOS 2.0 ever appears, every program will not 
>suddenly die.

Talking about multi-tasking, I read in Znet (I think) about Atari's
Midi-tasking software which is aimed at the midi market but should be
useful elsewhere. This piece of software is apparently being sold for
$12.95 presumably so that people will be tempted to use it.

+ Is this software available now? 
+ Will be it available in the UK?
+ Does it work with older TOS versions than 1.4?
+ Will Atari publish guidelines for creating multi-tasking software or is
  this included with the software?

Fanx,
Mark.