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Received: from bloom.harvard.edu (bloom.harvard.edu [128.103.54.36]) by nacm.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA21587 for <executor@nacm.com>; Wed, 9 Nov 1994 09:44:12 -0800 Received: from ossian by bloom.harvard.edu (NX5.67d/NX3.0M) id AA01426; Wed, 9 Nov 94 12:42:52 -0500 From: Maren Leyla Cooke <maren@bloom.harvard.edu> Message-Id: <9411091742.AA01426@bloom.harvard.edu> Received: by ossian.harvard.edu (NX5.67d/NX3.0X) id AA20138; Wed, 9 Nov 94 12:42:49 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Nov 94 12:42:49 -0500 Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.100) Received: by NeXT Mailer (1.100) To: executor@nacm.com, iclone!ctm@sloth.swcp.com Subject: applicable apps? Cc: maren@MIT.EDU Sender: Executor-Owner@nacm.com Precedence: bulk Cliff (&/or anyone who knows) -- Thanks for the answers to all those questions that have been floating around! The recent run of questions, however, seems to have been mainly in the DOS world. One major question i have is whether there is currently any kind of list of applications that work, or work partly/mostly, under Executor on black hardware. I've started new projects collaborating with Mac-users, and it'd be very useful to have a handle on where i can be compatible. Word is great to have, but ResEdit failed (as someone else has already noted), and it'd be good to know how many apps lie in between. I see that NIHimage is close, which is good to hear (but i'm not sure if it will hit black hardware as soon as it hits PC-land); are there a lot of apps that work, or just a few? Are there a lot that almost work except for certain features or activities like color/sound/printing/whatever? Are apps that work for Executor/DOS likely to work for Executor/NeXTstep (on black hardware, so that i can infer things from what i see in DOS-related discussion? If not (or even if so) then a well-defined list for each platform would be ideal. A list like this was circulated lo these many moons ago (Sept. 93), but i'm sure that the picture has changed greatly since then (Word certainly works better!) and i don't recall seeing a more recent list. If it exists, could someone post it to the email list? And if it doesn't, i'd like to suggest that one be compiled -- perhaps ARDI could put out what is known, and other folks could then add info based on their experiences. Significant time, effort, and/or $$ can be required to try out a new app, so knowing in advance if it'll work is important. Thanks, and thanks for all the good work! (and Cliff, have a great trip!) -- Maren Cooke maren@ossian.harvard.edu