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Hi guys!
This is going to be my last post for a while (a week, i think), i ll go
on Holidays, so, dont release new versions till i return ( 8-) )
Well, those are the last errors i found in 1.99L (in fact there is only one
and a half). I dont think there would be more errors in 1.99L execept the
apps ones, so when I return i'll dedicate lots of time to try Commercial
and Shareware well Known APPS. Do you have any preferences? From the appsnotes
list i can test the following:
Excel 4 Macdraw Norton Ut. 2.0
Hypercard Maelstrom (Extensive texted) Prince of P. (demo)
Freehand PageMaker 5 File Maker pro 2.1
and ShareWare APPS in the MACWORLD CD NB1 Spanish version there are a
lot I cant test and upload What ever U want if U wanna test them too.
Browse errors
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1.- When having an active window (and having opened it in the session,not
stored from past sessions), check for disks and use the hot band left
or rights buttons to desplace between units (So U must have 5 HDs at start
and then insert a DISK and check for files) Executor goes back to DOS
(It's necessery to have the opened window active)
To recreate follow this steps carefully:
Make sure U have 5 HDs in the hot band and restart Executor
Open one of these HDs from hot band and dont click anymoure
Insert a MAC disk, so the left and right buttons of the hot
band will be useful!
Press ALT MAYS 2 and then (with the mouse) check for disk
Making sure the window U opened before is active, click on
the right or left button of the hot band and U'll be in
DOS in a second
By the way, doing this several times is a good way to corrupt the
Filesystem!
KEYBOARD ERROR (More a SERIOUS suggestion than a bug, but Maybe not!)
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I hope U consider there are people that dont have English as
their native languaje. This is my case. Spanish keyboard has the
¤ (pronounced enie), just right from the L, and accents and son on
I dont know how the MACs manage this, but if Executor can't manage
several languajes this could be bad for U (For example, in Spain nobody
would buy E/D to work with, if they cant write their native languaje
correctly) Please consider this.
U can try it doing files like this
Hardware code of Key:Asci Code to print
or something similar.
Anyway, if U do this a way i can help i dont mind absolutely freely working
on this or what ever U think i can help.
APPS ERROR
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NORTON UTILITIES 2.0
Main program: When trying to do something it crashes opening
a window plenty of nonsense characters (An Erra¤ljshasaj¤flhas)
or something like that
SPEEDISK says
There is something wrong with the HD, use Norton Disk Doctor
ENCRYPT says
You dont have enough privil. to encrypt this folder
MAELSTROM
A little error: In a real MAC when U get a medical kit, a fire
feature is added (sometimes) to the spaceship. There is one that
consist on incrementig the speed of the fire and the lenth it covers
--> So you can kill everyone pressing and holding pressed the fire key
But in E/D i have to press and release, I cant hold pressed and get
this funny fire (obiusly having got the Medic kit and confirmed the
item it has given to me is the correct one. It has a tree blue dots in
vertical:
o
o
o
at the right side of the score bar
The rest seems to work fine (using refresh 5 and sound 0)
QUESTIONS and Suggestions!
You say in FAQs that after a hackathon period U will be working
during six weeks in beta versions of 2.0. Will this beta version be
available to the public (time limited demo) to help U with the beta test
or not?
Maybe U can say in FAQ that working with 800Kb MAC diskettes in
a PC is phisically imposible due to Hardware! (No need response to that)
When U say E/D will support Network support do U wanna mean:
a) Using Ethernet CARD U ll conect throught and ETHERTALK net like a MAC
and using normal MAC comms software
b) Using serial port and with a PhoneNet adapter connect it to a normal
Appletalk net (Optimal solution i think)
c) Other (Please especify, i work moslty on Networks)
Is there any other way as well as beta tester (and publicist)
that i can help U with E/D? (I have personal reasons to that, not economical
or other kind of reasons, and some free time to spend)
And thats all, If nothing strange happens (For example, U answer this
mail today) I'll post next on THursday next Week!!
By the way, i like the ERNST icon!!! but i think U cant use the apple!
Keep it Up guys!
Emilio