From: doiron@starpt.UUCP (Glenn Doiron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: AmigaDroids will *never* change
Date: 25 Jul 92 16:38:39 GMT
 <1992Jul15.232830.1060@cs.rose-hulman.edu> <1992Jul16.095008.41597@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <mykes.0996@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG>
Organization: 68K Software Development
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn V1.16b 5/26/92 by Mikes Schwartz & Smith

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.

WAITING Tasks:
 $07831d10  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	
 $07856b78  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	+ IPrefs ;
 $0785f5c8  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	ConClip Process (ConClip)
 $078663b8  pri=5	F=0 D=-1	CON
 $07863c68  pri=5	F=0 D=-1	debug_detective (detective)
 $0786d340  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	Background CLI (mungwall)
 $078dd820  pri=20	F=0 D=-1	term Clipboard Process
 $078ca700  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	term Hotkey Task
 $078e3a6c  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	narrator.device
 $07902340  pri=5	F=0 D=-1	term Rexx Process
 $0790c390  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	Background CLI (c:FontCacheX)
 $07920fe8  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	Background CLI (Snap)
 $078276a8  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	ramlib
 $078b80e8  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	TERM Main Process
 $07841468  pri=10	F=0 D=-1	PC0
 $07913a18  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	Background CLI (l:fifo-handler)
 $0794b410  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	PointerX
 $0794d380  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	AssignX
 $07959818  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	ConPaste
 $07950528  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	Exchange
 $0795fbc8  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	ToolManager
 $079551d0  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	Blanker
 $07813f98  pri=5	F=0 D=-1	console.device
 $07918558  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	Background CLI (dcron)
 $0791bb20  pri=5	F=0 D=-1	NULL
 $07965298  pri=4	F=0 D=-1	RexxMaster
 $0798b760  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	GRN
 $07a83078  pri=1	F=0 D=-1	CygnusEd (ced)
 $078147c4  pri=5	F=0 D=-1	trackdisk.device
 $07937508  pri=0	F=0 D=-1	Background CLI (getty)
 $078347a8  pri=5	F=0 D=-1	PC0
 $0781af88  pri=10	F=0 D=-1	DF0
 $078224e0  pri=10	F=0 D=-1	DH1
 $07944468  pri=1	F=0 D=-1	Workbench (Workbench)
 $07908938  pri=5	F=0 D=-1	term Status Process
 $07802d18  pri=10	F=0 D=-1	WB_2.x
 $07807f12  pri=20	F=0 D=-1	input.device
 $0780a318  pri=12	F=0 D=-1	SCSI handler
 $078096e0  pri=11	F=0 D=-1	scsi.device
 $0781d108  pri=10	F=0 D=-1	DH0
 $0782ba58  pri=10	F=0 D=-1	RAM
 $07aab438  pri=5	F=0 D=-1	CON
READY tasks:
THIS task:
 $07ab1ae8  pri=0	F=-1 D=-1	Background CLI (tasklist)

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...

Glenn Doiron
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