New Features; Multitasking - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

Faicon030 Owner's Manual
MultiTOS ' s memory protection defines the memory boundaries of each active
program, which keeps one active program from i n terfering w ith another active
program ' s memory.
Using M u ltiTOS you can easily:
Run m ultiple programs and desk accessories simultaneously
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Cut and paste i nformation between applications
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Move, resize, and scro l l background w indows without leaving the current
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( foreground) application
Monitor the use of system resources by any acti ve program, anytime
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Keep track of all the active programs
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New Featu res
M u l tiTOS offers a host of new features. However, users already fami l iar w i th TOS
w i l l find M u l ti TOS j ust as easy to use. Thi s section describes the new features
offered by MultiTOS.
M u ltitaski ng
The foremost feature o f MultiTOS i s its ability t o run multiple programs
simultaneousl y . Through memory allocation and memory protection, each program
running under M u l t iTOS can work concurrently, w ithout using memory designated
for another appl ication.
To provide the most effic ient use of system resources, MultiTOS ' s dynamic
prioritization constantly adjusts the amount of processing t ime al located to a
program. For example, i f there are many appl ications running on the desktop,
M ultiTOS al locates processing time to al low for al l tasks to run.
6-2 Mu ltiTOS