From: thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: AmigaDroids will *never* change
Date: 28 Jul 92 20:08:19 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <doiron.073u@starpt.UUCP>, doiron@starpt.UUCP (Glenn Doiron) writes:
> In article <mykes.0996@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul16.095008.41597@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>>> In article <1992Jul15.232830.1060@cs.rose-hulman.edu>, catapcnl@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Christopher Neil Lawrence) writes:
>>> >
>>> > In article <1992Jul15.164009.41582@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
>>> > thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>>> >> Is there any AmigaDroid out there that will admit that the Amiga
>>> >> is missing at least one feature that the PC has?
>>> >>
>>> >> Or that 2.04 is not quite as spiffy in some respects as OS/2 2.0?
>>> >>
>>> >> Or that when 47 programs are running at the same time in 2.04, the
>>> >> machine is not quite as usable as it is running 1 program (or not
>>> >> usable at all)?
>>> >>
>>> >> Notice, this is directed toward AmigaDroids.  I'm sure all of you
>>> >> normal people who are using Amigas would be more open minded.
>>> >
>>> > I don't mean to ask a silly question, but can you run 47 programs at one
>>> > time on any system for less than $5000, Amiga, IBM, or otherwise?  Don't
>>> > forget that AmigaDOS (and I assume Windows as well) are running at least a
>>> > dozen background tasks (device drivers, user interface, input processor)
>>> > *before* it even gets to user programs.
>>> >
>>> > Chris Lawrence
>>>
>>> Well this is what was claimed on ibmpc.misc by some AmigaDroid.  47 programs.
>>> So I am asking here.  Is it possible?  You could in OS/2, but if you didn't
>>> have a ton of memory, then there would be some slowdown.
>>>
> [Mykes tasklist deleted]
> 
> Here is what I'm running on my A3000.  I am using 3meg out of the 10meg I have
> on my machine.
 [Glenn's task list deleted]
> 
> As you can see my computer is spending a lot of time doing nothing, which
> it does most of the time.  I can tell you this;  despite the 42 tasks I have
> waiting in the background, my system is still lightning fast...
> 

I did not ask the question properly.  Let me rephrase.  

Is it possible to run 47 applications at the same time with no loss
of snappines/performance in the foreground?  By applications, I mean
word processors, spreadsheets, databases, comm programs.  

In OS/2, I just run the application (say 32 bit Describe), and when I 
look at the task list, I see "Describe."  I also see certain folders
and other Workplace Shell stuff.  If I were to count all of the WPS
stuff (as tasks) with the applications, then sure, I could run 40, 50,
maybe up close to 80-100 tasks.  But I mean applications.

In Windows 3.1 on a machine with 4 megs of RAM, I can run about 20 or so
applications before performance becomes unacceptable (average application
probably is 100-200kb in size).  I haven't tried this many applications
with OS/2 but I will in the future. 

So, how many applications can be run in AmigaDOS without slowing the
machine down a bunch?

> Glenn Doiron
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