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- Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 21:40:56 -0500 (EST)
- From: Jacques Pannetier <ZAZOU@delphi.com>
- Subject: First impressions from a newbee...
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- Well, I'm a newcomer here, trying to catch up, after downloading the DEMO
- version at SimTel (Executor/DOS 1.20) last week, I downloaded earlier this
- evening the 1.99b DEMO from ftp.cs.unm.edu.
-
- Here's my first observation of Executor/DOS DEMO, both 1.20 and 1.99b:
- - I manage to get the game "1000 miles" running under 1.99b DEMO by doing
- these steps:
- -Start EXECUTOR in B&W mode, as stated in the "readme" file:
- -> executor -macbpp 1 -realbpp 1
-
- -then try running the game. The first try will fail, *HOWEVER*, if
- you try one more time, the game will run OK, and apparently, you
- can restart the game as many time as you want, and it will always
- work. Hope this tip will help to pinpoint the bug.
-
- - Speaking of "1000 miles", on version 1.99b, the cards are litterally spat
- on the board, and overall the improvement of your new synthetic CPU is
- greatly felt.
-
- - In one of the readme files, it is mentionned that "Courseware" may have
- a better chance of running under Executor than big-ticket applications.
- I'm trying to get my university interested, and they'll probably buy if
- they see some of these "Coursewares" running OK on one of your demo.
- I'm trying to get running MAS (MacIntosh Assembler System, a tutorial on
- the Motorola 68000 and which [thankfully!] hides the MacIntosh
- system calls to the student). I made some informal tests on MAS.
- On Executor 1.20, surprisingly it does run very smoothly, with the
- exception that invoking HFS_Transfer and then exiting from there crash the
- emulator. On 1.99b, The cursor becomes a blotch of random colors, and
- overall highly unstable (the computer will freeze within a minute or so).
-
- I feel a bit embarassed in this case, as I'm not a registered user, and
- on the other hand, I'm sure that you want to know how your product does
- run in the field. However, I may test other programs for you and let you
- know how they behave on Executor.
-
- - However, I can contribute by uploading the DEMO version on DELPHI, a major
- online service, and some BBSes in my area. Given the experimental 1.99x
- versions going on, and the likehood that 1.20 DEMO is [or about to be]
- obsolete, I wonder what guidelines can be given to those who want to
- upload the DEMO version to these online services. Should we wait? if
- not, WHICH version to upload (1.20 DEMO, or the experimental 1.99b DEMO?)
- or both? etc...
-
- Even with its few glitches, Executor/DOS sure sounds impressive, and the
- sample programs like 1000 miles, Globe, etc... run impressively on 1.99b,
- running very fast and for some of them, in bright colors.
-
- -Jacques Pannetier zazou@delphi.com
-
-