Since I shifted to version h I have lost the abiltiy to use 640x480 if I have
installed a vesa driver for my cirrus logic board. I can access higher
resolutions (or 640x480 wiht 4 bits without vesa). Executor runs as though
it is accessing the screen though: two returns and then disk access. It
is as though the wrong video screen is being displayed. I played with
command line switches to no avail.
P.S. with the new clock method, is there any reason to chose "no clock" anymore
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From: Jacques Pannetier <ZAZOU@delphi.com>
Subject: About Executor/DOS 1.99h...
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About Executor/DOS 1.99h, the demo version:
It seems like it is a mixed blessing over Executor/DOS 1.99f. My problem,
is getting Executor up and running. Once it does, things are overall much
better than the previous version.
My system is a 486-DX2 with *4* Meg of RAM, and Executor is launched with
*no* parameter, and under plain DOS (except for the mouse driver, -no-
resident program loaded)
On the plus side:
-Memory manager seems "fix", and memory paging seems to work. COmpared
to E/DOS 1.99f, crashes occur frequently (even with -noclock) when I
see the hard disk's LED lit while running a big program. With E/DOS
1.99h, no crash, related to memory paging, has been experienced so far.
-Executor now defaults to a screen resolution of 640x400 instead of
640x480 in E/DOS 1.99f, which helps to make small letters look a bit
bigger (and less hard to read) Thanks a bunch! :-)
-Once Executor ends, the system clock no longer run 4X faster.
On the down side:
- The MAJOR problem, is getting Executor up... and running. As I said,
Executor was started with no parameter on the command line.
The symptoms look random, here are those experienced, so far:
- Executor would start, and I can move the mouse, however, Executor
is freezed: will not respond to clicks from the mouse, and seem to
to ignore the keyboard, except ctrl-break, which dump me back do
DOS, thankfully.
- On start up, the screen blanks, and a LOUD annoying beep that seems
to never end is emitted. The only way out seems to be a hard reset.
- On start up, sometimes a segmentation or protection faults
comes immediately, and I'm back to DOS.
For some reasons, After a second or third try, Executor will start normally.
It seems I can not get it up and running on the *first* try. As I said, once
Executor is up and running, applications seem to run OK.
Hope this helps!
-Jacques
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From: Mador-Haim Sela <s2974751@techst02.technion.ac.il>
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Subject: Re: 1.99h is out on ftp.cs.unm.edu (Linux + DOS)
