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Bugs in Exec 1.99l for DOS
I just downloaded Executor 1.99l, and here are my first experiences.
Note: I hardly ever use Executor/DOS since the Linux version has been
much more stable, but of course 1.99l for Linux isn't out yet:
1) The new Browser is great, just make it a little more like a real Mac
and it'll be perfect. Also, why can't you resize the windows it opens?
I agree with the suggestion that you need a Color Apple logo too.
2) The DOS version is totally unstable under QEMM 7.5. I have to disable
QDPMI in order to get it to run at all (understandable since QDPMI isn't
compatible with many DOS extenders, something you should mention in your
documentation or at least detect at run-time). Even then, it crashes as
soon as I click on "Let's Go" in Lemmings or resize the window in
Ultimate Solitaire. Here's the report when Lemmings crashes:
General Protection Fault at eip=00667225
eax=00002c8f ebx=00000027 ecx=00650398 edx=00000ce4 esi=00729008 edi=00000000
ebp=0016e2b0 esp=001b1cb4 cs=00a7 ds=00af es=00af fs=00c7 gs=0000 ss=00af
Call frame traceback EIPs:
0x00667225
3) If I can't use QEMM, what DO you recommend for a memory manager? It
appears to work just fine with NOTHING loaded (i.e. press F5 during
boot-up and load only the mouse driver), but even then it crashed once.
Should I load HIMEM.SYS or not? Will it make a difference if I use a
different mouse driver than Microsoft Mouse 8.20? (Note, it's these kind of
pesky configuration details which led me to prefer Executor/Linux by far!)
4) I know you've heard this from many people before, but you've GOT to
add sound support soon. It should be pretty easy to add some primitive
digitized support for Soundblaster & compatibles, and even easier to add
Linux sound support. You don't have to have the kind of fancy audio that
the "advanced" Macintosh sound chip supports, and certainly not the kind
in an "AV" Mac, but the basic 4-channel ADC converter would be a blessing!
---Jake
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