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- Dear Folks,
-
- Yes, there will be a port of Executor to NeXTSTEP 486. I don't think
- it will be ready by the time that NeXTSTEP 486 ships, but it should
- be ready within the first six months of when NS486 ships.
-
- Joe Freeman is right that writing a synthetic CPU is a time-consuming
- task, however, it is not anywhere near the task of rewriting the
- Apple ROMs and System file, from scratch, using no disassembly of
- same. Reverse engineering the MacOS is like putting together a
- jig-saw puzzle, with a blindfold on, when you're drunk. Writing a
- synthetic CPU is *much* easier; it's just like putting together a
- (fairly large) jig-saw puzzle. I'd say that producing a quick
- synthetic MC68000 is about a tenth as hard as doing what ARDI's done
- so far, but since our synthetic CPU is not yet completed, I could be
- slightly underestimating the level of difficulty.
-
- All of the design of our synthetic CPU has been done as has much of
- the implementation. We use dynamic recompilation into interpretive
- code, but with some extra work, we could probably have different
- "back-ends" for different architectures and then be doing dynamic
- recompilation into *native* code. It's too early to give timing
- estimates, but because all of the "system calls" will be running in
- native mode anyway, performance should be very good.
-
- --Cliff
-
- From aeschwar@unity.ncsu.edu Tue Dec 15 10:30:29 1992
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- From: aeschwar@unity.ncsu.edu
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- Subject: Re: Executor 1.2.1
- To: barry@ictv.com (Barry Lustig)
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:30:29 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: executor@ictv.com
- In-Reply-To: <199212151917.AA29366@ictv.com> from "Barry Lustig" at Dec 15, 92 11:17:08 am
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- Barry Lustig writes:
- > I also installed the latest version of MECA's Managing Your Money.
- > It also was working fine. I've moved all of my accounting off of the
- > Mac and onto the NeXT under executor.
-
- I installed an old (MacPlus-era) version of MacMoney, which I now use in
- the NeXT to keep my accounts straight. One hint: leave Executor's "No Clock"
- preference unchecked; I believe MacMoney expects the simulated system
- event clock (that's what it is, right?... I'll check the manual).
-
-
- --Adam
-
- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
- | Adam Schwartz | W: 919-515-5424 | ASCII mail only, please.
- | adam@ncsu.edu | (Raleigh, NC) |
- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
-
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- From: iclone!ctm@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Clifford T. Matthews)
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- To: executor@ictv.com
- Subject: Why we're so silent
-
- We're working on getting 1.3 out the door. It was scheduled for December
- release but has slipped a little. It should be out in early January.
-
- New features include:
-
- Serial driver support (i.e. "Mac" programs can talk to modems)
-
- An accelerated graphics mode (greatly speeds scrolling, good for games)
-
- Some sound manager routines
-
- and hopefully
-
- support for IPT's filesystem and NS 3.0's filesystem (still working on
- this one)
-
- In addition, more programs will work than before and many quirks will have
- disappeared.
-
- Although we're not spending much time making sure that games work, it does
- look like Lemmings, Crystal Quest and Leprechaun will be playable and
- challenging with Executor 1.3.
-
- Got to get back to work.
-
- --Cliff
-
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- To: barry@ictv.com, aeschwar@unity.ncsu.edu
- Subject: Re: Executor 1.2.1
- Cc: executor@ictv.com
-
- >
- > Barry Lustig writes:
- > > I also installed the latest version of MECA's Managing Your Money.
- > > It also was working fine. I've moved all of my accounting off of the
- > > Mac and onto the NeXT under executor.
- >
- > I installed an old (MacPlus-era) version of MacMoney, which I now use in
- > the NeXT to keep my accounts straight. One hint: leave Executor's "No Clock"
- > preference unchecked; I believe MacMoney expects the simulated system
- > event clock (that's what it is, right?... I'll check the manual).
- >
- >
- > --Adam
- >
- > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
- > | Adam Schwartz | W: 919-515-5424 | ASCII mail only, please.
- > | adam@ncsu.edu | (Raleigh, NC) |
- > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
- >
-
-
- Why not switch to the NeXT based accounting package available?
- There is one called Fiscal Diminsion that I'm using. The edu price is $50-$75
- and it's pretty good. I was using Quicken under SoftPC.
-
- I would guess that if you have a lot of Mac applications the approach you use is
- acceptable. I don't have a great need for Mac software and have tried to convert
- my software, as packages became available to the NeXT.
-
- I have played with Executor and I like the product I still like the native NeXT
- interface over running something for a Mac (sic) on a NeXT.
-
- BTW - Has anyone tried to get Logic Works to run under Executor. If it did run
- I would be inclined to get a copy of Executor for that one program. There is
- no designe entry or digital simulation for the NeXT.
-
-
-