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Re: Let's get System 7.x on top!
>I'm disappointed in the idea that E3 will still not allow the true MacOS
>to be placed on top of it. If ARDI is planning a Win95 specific version,
>that could be AFTER the MacOS can be placed on top...it just seems that
>the DOS version is fine for Win95 and more folks might like to use System
>7.5 before the Win95 version...
>
>Mike
Actually, in some ways the a Windows 32-bit port would facilitate ARDI
devoting more time to work on System 7.xx support in that the use of
Windows APIs for hardware independence would reduce their time spent on
issues of: system configuration, graphics card drivers/support (well, they
are already using univbe, but...), sound card, SCSI drive/CD-ROM support,
etc. that they have with E/D. There also is an opportunity for speed gains
using WinG/DirectX, better use of memory, etc.
Also, consider that a Windows 95 port is also a Windows NT port. E/D has not
been able to run on NT until the latest bleeding edges, due to such things
as NT's exclusionof DOS sound drivers, etc., due to various protection
issues (i
s'pose), etc.
Unrelated Comments (well, related to Executor, but...)
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1. Nice splash screen.
2. I noticed in the credits, the mention of a Japanese translation/(version?)
of Executor....what is the status of this? What does it involve?
Is it merely translation of documentation? dialogs and menu boxes?
or is it planned to allow actual execution of kanjitalk applications &
DBCS character entry (of course, this would involve worldscript extensions,
which i assume are not one of the highest priorities at the moment).
(At this point I am just VERY impressed with ARDI's work on exeuctor, but
have only played with the demo because I have a mac and therefore no
direct need for it. A version with Japanese language support (or even,
eventually, the ability to drop in worldscript) would be, in my mind
much preferable (and cheaper!) than purchasing Apples Japanese Language
Kit or KanjiTalk/Japanese 7.x)
3. I'm probably completely off here (and not that too many people are
running it), but would there be any benefit to setting up
powermac-compatibility by producing a version of Executor on this
RISC-Based Windows NT?
4. Has anyone tried to run SoftWindows under Executor? It would be
interesting to compare the speed of Windows apps under SoftWin under
Executor to those on a real mac...PLUS if it ran at a reasonable speed it
would be an additional
option for running Dos/Windows applications under Linux. (Rather funny
too: A unix-"clone" running a mac-"clone" running a windows "clone".)
Pardon my grammar. This is my break from an all-night thesis writing session.
Craig Olinsky
crolinsky@vaxsar.vassar.edu
--still waiting for a macintosh port of executor *grin*
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