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In article <3ooj6i$c...@lab8.cs.purdue.edu>, kid...@cs.purdue.edu (Eric "the" Kidder) writes:
|> In article <3oobsv$f...@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> khc...@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu      (Oliver Chung) writes:
|> >on either task, *that's* multitasking, and that's what OS/2
|> >delivers and Win95 won't.
|> 
|> And then there's the wierd people like me who don't give a damn about either
|> system and who really don't care about multitasking.
|> 
|> Eric Kidder               | ARMY RANGERS:  We kill more, by 9 o'clock each

Hello, a few years ago I wouldn't either care about multitasking games.
But, after awhile...

Ever been installing a half dozen diskettes, say, Beneath a Steel Sky,
half way through, you got suddenly the urge to check, what the hell is the
directory I've choosen to install BASS, do I abort or do I wait until
it all finishes, then, you suddenly recall, but I'm running on a multitask
system, OS/2 indeed, Ctl-Esc, you open a window underneath, DIR, 
satisfies the urge to check and see that the files are appeareing while
the disk still churns on.

Or, ever cursed those <expletive> protected games which every time
ask you to match picture with page of the manual, and your children
mixed up the manuals of TIE with DOTT with Sam'n Max.
With OS/2, it becomes very minor annoyance. Suppose, a few years ago
you were very pleased with Railroad Tycoon. Now you see RRT "Deluxe"
available on CD, you think, I get the CD, there shouldn't be anymore
the game protection, but to your horror you discover it ask the same
questions about the same locomotive names. No trouble. Alt-Home (this
is OS/2's control which windows the DOS game session), with the mouse
paste the locomotives pictures into your favorite drawing program,
save it, et voila, every time it asks the same silly names, call up
on line your pictures .

Or, suppose you're playing one of the most famous adventure game.
You come across puzzles and hints. Or you come across a half piece
of a map which you can't put into your game's personna pocxket.
Again, if suddenly you recall that despite it is full-screen, that
underneath OS/2 is still running, Alt-Home and Ctl-Esc switches
back to the desktop, call up the drawing notebook, mouse click and
paste the puzzle and map. Sometimes further in the game, you find
the other half-piece of the map, paste it and move it next to
the previous one, you may even print it out full colour on the
Deskjet 550C.

Avoid at all cost multitasking, otherwise you'd be spoiled,
or make it too easy gaming :-)
(Of course it's not always rosy, some DOS games would absolutely
refuse running with OS/2).
 
Vincent