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1.99o8 (all *six* of them) available RSN
Hi folks,
vorlon.mit.edu now has 1.99o8 for Linux and DOS. We're building
1.99o8 for NEXTSTEP/Intel right now. There are four linux variants
now, an X-Windows a.out version, an X-Windows ELF version, an SVGAlib
a.out version and an SVGAlib ELF version. We've broken the
BleedingEdge directory into subdirectories so this plethora won't
confuse anyone other than fellow Linux users.
I strongly suggest you use vorlon.mit.edu:/pub/ardi rather than
ftp.ardi.com, since vorlon is a much faster connect.
Although there are a few bug fixes in 1.99o8, the biggest advancement
is that in some environments Executor can now directly map in the
framebuffer so that programs that write directly to the screen can
work without the overhead of refresh. If you run Executor/DOS under
DOS (you can't do this under Windows or OS/2) and have a VESA 2
driver, you will probably get this benefit. If you run the SVGAlib
version of Executor under Linux and have a Mach32 or Cirrus based card
you may get this benefit. If you have this capability, then games
like Solarian, Apeiron and Maelstrom all play very nicely.
The NEXTSTEP/Intel port still has the same limitations it had in
1.99o6, but at least we're now able to update it everytime we update
the other versions. We hope to fix printing soon and provide some way
of setting the virtual Mac screen size. After that come both Motorola
support and support for faster screen access.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com