I am running Executor with Linux under XFree86 3.1. For some reason, color
apps do not work correctly. They come up in black and white. (only
black and white...no shades in between.) I am using an Orchid Fahrenheit,
which uses a S3 924 chip. For some reason, X is coming up in 6bpp mode.
Could this be the cause of my problem?
Skyler King
sky@csua.berkeley.edu
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From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews)
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Subject: 1.99h is out on ftp.cs.unm.edu (Linux + DOS)
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Hi folks,
There is a demo version of 1.99h available for DOS and Linux and
a transmog file for 1.99h for our DOS customers.
Executor/Linux 1.99h has a bunch of new X-windows code in it, as
well as a set of bug fixes that affect the DOS version as well.
Both Executor/Linux and Executor/DOS have new timer handling code.
This code is needed for our future ability to drop in an Apple
System 7.5 file and have it work (no, it's not anywhere near working
right now; don't expect this feature for another six months). The
new timer code also allows the DOS version to use virtual memory
without locking up the machine.
The drawback is that some timer critical programs (globe, when you
use sync to VBL and Word when you try to print) will not behave
properly with this new version. Mat's about to take a week of
vacation, so it may be a few weeks before we get this particular
problem fixed, but once we do, we'll start distributing the
experimental versions of Executor to the usual MS-DOS, Linux and
NEXTSTEP (actually, we have to revamp our NEXTSTEP front-end before
we can release it, that's why there's no 1.99h for NEXTSTEP) ftp
sites and also spread more word about Executor on both the internet
and some of the major on-line providers.
We still have a little functionality to add, but mostly we just
have tons of bug fixes that need to be made before we can release
2.0. We're working on a definitive list of what needs to get done
and we'll share it with this mailing list when it's ready.
Bill Goldman is back from vacation, so our file browser/launcher
will be released soon. We've had some important meetings of late,
so Bill's continued to work on the browser on a Mac, but I personally
haven't had enough time to fix the Executor bugs that it's pointed
out, nor to bundle it up and put it on ftp.cs.unm.edu for your
examination, but we will be doing that soon.
I hope everyone had a good set of holidays. The flu that I caught
before the holidays struck me once again right around New Years,
so I'm still trying to catch up from early December when I first
caught it, but all in all, things have been going very well.
The X-Windows improvements that our Executor/Linux users might
notice (they're not particularly well documented, but you can now
specify different "bpp" settings, and use a wider variety of
X-servers than before, and by default the colors in other windows
won't be whacked out) are largely due to Cotton Seed working for
us once again. If the talks that we've been having of late pan
out, we'll also be hiring another three or four additional engineers,
then things will really fly.
It's still too early to say when ftp.ardi.com will be up; we haven't
even bought the networking hardware yet, but it is something that
we want to do soon, especially since Executor/DOS and Executor/Linux
are more attractive than ever.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
From owner-executor Fri Jan 13 13:19:09 1995
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From: bchin@nextsrv1.andi.org (Bill Chin)
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Subject: Re: 1.99h is out on ftp.cs.unm.edu (Linux + DOS)
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> There is a demo version of 1.99h available for DOS and Linux
No NEXTSTEP version. Bummer. However,
> we'll start distributing the experimental versions of Executor
> to the usual MS-DOS, Linux and NEXTSTEP (actually, we have to
> revamp our NEXTSTEP front-end before we can release it, that's
