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Re: 1982 -Blit - the first multi-tasking desktop
Saw that. It looked pretty cool. Very retro, and quite impressive considering most computers of that era didn't have a GUI (an acronym which I don't think even existed at the time), much less multitasking.
Point of reference to demonstrate how far ahead of its time Blit was:- X Windows System, 1984
- Mac OS, 1984, single tasking
- Amiga 1000, 1985, pre-emptive multitasking enhanced by powerful co-processors
- Windows 1.0, 1985, limited cooperative multitasking
- GEOS for the C64 , 1986, single tasking
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Re: 1982 -Blit - the first multi-tasking desktop
Originally posted by TelengardSaw that. It looked pretty cool. Very retro, and quite impressive considering most computers of that era didn't have a GUI (an acronym which I don't think even existed at the time), much less multitasking.
Point of reference to demonstrate how far ahead of its time Blit was:- X Windows System, 1984
- Mac OS, 1984, single tasking
- Amiga 1000, 1985, pre-emptive multitasking enhanced by powerful co-processors
- Windows 1.0, 1985, limited cooperative multitasking
- GEOS for the C64 , 1986, single tasking
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Re: 1982 -Blit - the first multi-tasking desktop
My first computer was an Apple ][+, purchased in the Summer of 1978. I switched to IBM running DOS in 1983 (or so). Later I was looking around for a good desktop and I tried Windows 287 (IIRC, or maybe it was Windows 1) and didn't like it, so I chose OS/2 because it was rock-solid stable and made Windows 3.0 stable as well. When Microsoft started "tweaking" Win3.0 to make it unstable or incompatible with OS/2 and DR DOS, I started looking for another OS. I considered Unix clones at the time and bought a book called "The Unix Hater's Guide". It discouraged me so I slipped into Win95 when I bought a new Sony for Xmas in 1997. Win95 was a piece of trash, but I'm not complaining because it prompted me to look again for another OS and I found Linux. IF there had been better documentation for Unix I might have been using it two or three years before I started using Linux."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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Re: 1982 -Blit - the first multi-tasking desktop
Originally posted by MoonRise.... The teacher didn't like it because I used a computer instead of a type writer. Actually wrote that comment on it. Never understood that."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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Re: 1982 -Blit - the first multi-tasking desktop
Originally posted by MoonRiseI remember using GEOS on my C64. It actually was great. Did a term paper using it.
I never got into GEOS as deeply as I would have liked. My goal would have been to write my own GEOS applications. I have a copy or two of the GEOS Programmers Reference Guide stowed in a box somewhere with many bookmarks. It really looked pretty simple to create a GUI interface for your program by following a few guidelines (i.e. working around lack of memory protection).
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Re: 1982 -Blit - the first multi-tasking desktop
The Apple wasn't much hotter, if at all. 1 MHz CPU, 64Kb of RAM.
I had a pascal program that drew a hires picture of ONE iteration of a Mandelbrot set. It took the Apple 45 minutes to compute and draw it. The program I have installed now can draw about 150 iterations per second and as I scroll my mouse wheel in out out the graph changes smoothly."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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Re: 1982 -Blit - the first multi-tasking desktop
Originally posted by GreyGeekThe Apple wasn't much hotter, if at all. 1 MHz CPU, 64Kb of RAM.
The C64 did have a bit of an advantage over the Apple II series in graphics and sound, but not by much. There was a version of GEOS for Apple II, but I don't think it was successful.
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Re: 1982 -Blit - the first multi-tasking desktop
Ya, I was aware of that, having sold Apples for a couple years as part owner of a computer store, but I was just citing the specs of my Apple box. Apples were very expensive computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and very few people could afford a 64Kb board, but some businesses could."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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