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Re: CD-ROM Contents
>>>>> "Jim Brandt" == Link8452 <Link8452@aol.com> writes:
In article <960617014234_136461290@emout15.mail.aol.com> Link8452@aol.com writes:
Jim Brandt> I was wondering... Exactly what programs will be
Jim Brandt> included with the Executor 2 CD-ROM? Both DOS and
Jim Brandt> Macintosh programs. And will the Macintosh programs be
Jim Brandt> on a separate Mac partition?
Jim Brandt> Thank You, Jim Brandt (Link8452@aol.com)
Based on Executor 2 Beta1, I'd guess we'll put the following things on
the final Executor 2 CD-ROM, BUT THIS IS ONLY A GUESS -- CONTENTS
SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE:
Installers for Executor/DOS, Executor/Linux and
Executor/NEXTSTEP. The Executor/Linux installer will ask if
you want to install a.out or ELF binaries and will install
both executor and executor-svga. Executor/NEXTSTEP will be
fat for both m68k and x86 CPUs. The DOS version will also
have a couple directories you can copy to floppies so you can
install from floppies. The CD-ROM will also have a demo
version of all three flavors of Executor so you can go to a
friends house and install the demo version to help convince
your friend to buy a copy of Executor so we can hire even more
engineers.
For each platform, an expanded copy of what the installers
install. That way if a particular file in the distribution
gets corrupt, you can copy just the file that you need, rather
than copying the entire distribution.
An evaluation copy of SciTechSoft's Display Doctor that
Executor/DOS users can try out to see if it helps. If it
does, you'll need to license a copy from SciTech.
HTML back issues of the Executor mailing list from 1992 to the
release of beta0.
The source to the Browser (Think C).
Sample software to try out (REMEMBER, CONTENTS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE):
Demoware (i.e. these are demos you can download from the internet):
Asymptote plotting software
Deliverance animated sword and sorcery game
FA-18 simulator
Fatty Bear kids point and collect game
Glider Pro paper airplane game
MacBreadboard breadboard simulator
Oh No, More Lemmings game
PegLeg shoot 'em up game
PGA Tour Golf golf game
Power Grade software for teachers
Space Madness shoot 'em up game
Stuffit Expander dearchiving program
Eric's Ultimate Solitaire
Freeware:
ChemEdit very old chemistry program
Color Globe spinning globe
Fungus surround and capture game
LC Animation old "animation" demo
NIH Image image analysis program
Super Mandelzoom black and white Mandelbrot viewer
Shareware (NOTE: you must pay the shareware fees if you use these)
5 of a Kind video poker
Address Book
Apeiron centipede like game
Arashi tempest like game
Bachman pacman like game
Beamwars tron like game
Beebop 2 breakout like game
Bert q-bert like game
Blood Suckers click and smash game
Chiral atom connection game
Compact Pro compactor and archiver
Cyclone crystal castle like game
Gravitation Limited gravity simulator
Ingemar's Skiing Game
Lightning Paint paint program
Maelstrom asteroids like game
OIC pattern recognizing game
Realmz overland sword and sworcery game
Scruffy ][ maze like game
Solarian space shoot 'em up game
Space Junkie space shoot 'em up game
Speedometer mac benchmarker
Stuffit Lite compactor and archiver
Swoop galaga like game
Tetris Max tetris like game
Tex-Edit text editor
Ultima 3 port of old Apple ][ game
Wolfenstein doom precursor
The shareware, demoware and freeware will be both in a single HFV and
as separate HQX files that you can install individually.
Additionally, CD-ROM magic has been done so that the single HFV will
appear as a Mac CD-ROM from within Executor, or on a real Mac. That
lets you compare Executor running the above apps (most of which can be
run directly off the CD-ROM) with a Mac doing the same thing.
We will also have a few extra README files to help fill in the gaps
left in our 32-page mini manual (that will be in the CD-ROM jewel
box).
We believe we have permission to include all of the above software on
our CD-ROM. Many of the shareware apps required us getting explicit
permission, since many shareware authors don't want stuff popping up
on CD-ROMs without them knowing it, but we've gotten permission in all
the cases that we think we need it. To be sure we've sent beta1
CD-ROMs to all the software authors so that if they have objections
they can make them now, before we burn 5,000 copies of E2.
We hope to have the final CD-ROM contents finalized soon after I get
back from MacHack '96. We have a little artwork and manual cleanup to
do, too, but basically we're done. Beta1 was close enough that we're
pretty sure that what we have now is good enough. After E2 is out
we'll start making patches available again.
Thanks for everyone's patience.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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