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...types of multi-tasking, the better kind assigns each task to its own processor so the programs run simultaneously in the truest sense. But often there are more tasks than available processors. Most PCs, after all, are equipped with only one brain. In the second type of multi-tasking, an operating system creates an illusion by "juggling" the programs very quickly...
...fancied, hits a raw nerve. That effect is aggravated because the workers who might lose out to low-wage Mexican competition know who they are, or think they do, while the 12 additional people who might be hired next year by a computer maker to put together more PCs for export to Mexico have no idea that might happen. Then too, there is a vague feeling that the U.S. has often let itself be played for a sucker in trade deals. Perot has harped on that, charging that "dumb" negotiations in the 1980s cost millions of U.S. jobs. The Administration...
...this year's Harvard Cup were admittedly far less powerful than Deep Blues, but they performed better than ever, winning 25 percent of all possible points. The four software packages--"Kasparov's Gambit," "BattleChess 4000 SVGA," "Socrates Exp," and "M-Chess Professional"--all ran on 60MHz Pentium-based PCs on loan from Intel Corp...
...like to get started on TeX, which works on UNIX as well as PCs and Macs, I'd suggest two books: TeX for the Impatient, by Paul Abrahams, et al., is an excellent primer. For a complete description of TeX's functionalities, you should consult Knuth's authoritative TeXtbook. Both are available at Wordsworth...
Another advantage is that Ethernet is also themost popular network technology for personalcomputers. "It's good for both Macs and PCs," saysSteen, referring to computers made by Apple andthose first designed...