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- I just downloaded Executor 1.99l, and here are my first experiences.
- Note: I hardly ever use Executor/DOS since the Linux version has been
- much more stable, but of course 1.99l for Linux isn't out yet:
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- 1) The new Browser is great, just make it a little more like a real Mac
- and it'll be perfect. Also, why can't you resize the windows it opens?
- I agree with the suggestion that you need a Color Apple logo too.
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- 2) The DOS version is totally unstable under QEMM 7.5. I have to disable
- QDPMI in order to get it to run at all (understandable since QDPMI isn't
- compatible with many DOS extenders, something you should mention in your
- documentation or at least detect at run-time). Even then, it crashes as
- soon as I click on "Let's Go" in Lemmings or resize the window in
- Ultimate Solitaire. Here's the report when Lemmings crashes:
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- General Protection Fault at eip=00667225
- eax=00002c8f ebx=00000027 ecx=00650398 edx=00000ce4 esi=00729008 edi=00000000
- ebp=0016e2b0 esp=001b1cb4 cs=00a7 ds=00af es=00af fs=00c7 gs=0000 ss=00af
- Call frame traceback EIPs:
- 0x00667225
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- 3) If I can't use QEMM, what DO you recommend for a memory manager? It
- appears to work just fine with NOTHING loaded (i.e. press F5 during
- boot-up and load only the mouse driver), but even then it crashed once.
- Should I load HIMEM.SYS or not? Will it make a difference if I use a
- different mouse driver than Microsoft Mouse 8.20? (Note, it's these kind of
- pesky configuration details which led me to prefer Executor/Linux by far!)
-
- 4) I know you've heard this from many people before, but you've GOT to
- add sound support soon. It should be pretty easy to add some primitive
- digitized support for Soundblaster & compatibles, and even easier to add
- Linux sound support. You don't have to have the kind of fancy audio that
- the "advanced" Macintosh sound chip supports, and certainly not the kind
- in an "AV" Mac, but the basic 4-channel ADC converter would be a blessing!
-
- ---Jake
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