Your problems have been noted. You're not the only one seeing stuff
like this, so the problems shouldn't be too hard to track down.
January was just a crappy month for us. We should be back on track
soon.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
>>>>> "Jacques" == Jacques Pannetier <ZAZOU@delphi.com> writes:
Jacques> About Executor/DOS 1.99h, the demo version: It seems like
Jacques> it is a mixed blessing over Executor/DOS 1.99f. My
Jacques> problem, is getting Executor up and running. Once it
Jacques> does, things are overall much better than the previous
Jacques> version.
Jacques> My system is a 486-DX2 with *4* Meg of RAM, and Executor
Jacques> is launched with *no* parameter, and under plain DOS
Jacques> (except for the mouse driver, -no- resident program
Jacques> loaded)
Jacques> On the plus side: -Memory manager seems "fix", and memory
Jacques> paging seems to work. COmpared to E/DOS 1.99f, crashes
Jacques> occur frequently (even with -noclock) when I see the hard
Jacques> disk's LED lit while running a big program. With E/DOS
Jacques> 1.99h, no crash, related to memory paging, has been
Jacques> experienced so far.
Jacques> -Executor now defaults to a screen resolution of
Jacques> 640x400 instead of 640x480 in E/DOS 1.99f, which helps to
Jacques> make small letters look a bit bigger (and less hard to
Jacques> read) Thanks a bunch! :-)
Jacques> -Once Executor ends, the system clock no longer run
Jacques> 4X faster.
Jacques> On the down side: - The MAJOR problem, is getting
Jacques> Executor up... and running. As I said, Executor was
Jacques> started with no parameter on the command line. The
Jacques> symptoms look random, here are those experienced, so far:
Jacques> - Executor would start, and I can move the mouse,
Jacques> however, Executor is freezed: will not respond to clicks
Jacques> from the mouse, and seem to to ignore the keyboard,
Jacques> except ctrl-break, which dump me back do DOS, thankfully.
Jacques> - On start up, the screen blanks, and a LOUD
Jacques> annoying beep that seems to never end is emitted. The
Jacques> only way out seems to be a hard reset.
Jacques> - On start up, sometimes a segmentation or
Jacques> protection faults comes immediately, and I'm back to DOS.
Jacques> For some reasons, After a second or third try, Executor
Jacques> will start normally. It seems I can not get it up and
Jacques> running on the *first* try. As I said, once Executor is
Jacques> up and running, applications seem to run OK.
Jacques> Hope this helps!
Jacques> -Jacques #include <stddisclaimers.h>
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To: ODED ROY BEN-JOSEPH <ob94ab@badger.ac.BrockU.CA>