>>>>>> "Bryan" == Bryan K Baskin <bbaskin@mail.utexas.edu> writes:
>
> Bryan> Thanks to whoever mentioned the OS/2-DOS mouse driver in
> Bryan> the OS2/MDOS directory. It worked. Funny, I've never had to
> Bryan> use it before, all my other stuff works. Now Executor does,
> Bryan> too. Thanks.
>
>It disturbs me that other apps work without this driver, but Executor
>does not! I wonder what those other apps are doing differently from
>Executor.
>
>For those of you who haven't been following this discussion, OS/2 Warp
>users having mouse problems should try adding this line:
>
>DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
>
>to their CONFIG.SYS. There are some other variations of this line in
>the _User's Guide to OS/2_ on page 206-207 (in the "Mouse Problems"
>section of the manual). If any OS/2 Warp users add this line (or one
>of the variants) to their CONFIG.SYS and *still* can't get the mouse
>to work under Executor, please let me know!
>
>We will *definitely* add this to the FAQ.
>
>-Mat
>
No, no,
I already HAD that line which is why most things already worked. What
i added was LOADHIGH E:\OS2\MDOS\MOUSE.COM to the DOS session's
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. It takes up almost no memory (its probably just a
link or for show so the prog sees a mouse) and THEN Executor works
fine. Loads very fast off my HPFS drive...
Later.
Baskin
UT Austin
Team OS/2
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On Sat, 8 Apr 1995 16:18:49 -0701 (PDT) you wrote:
>
>
>On Sat, 8 Apr 1995, Clifford Thomas Matthews wrote:
>
>> That was originally one of our goals for 2.0, however, that was one of
>> the goals that we had to back away from. In order to get 2.0 out we
>> had to cut some things back and we decided with Windows '95 coming out
>> soon, it would make more sense to work on a native Windows '95 port as
>> soon as 2.0 ships than to delay 2.0 to get cut and paste to work with
>> Windows 3.x.
>
> I think there are some nice routines in newer Win32
>implementations (NT 3.5x and Windows 95) which should make it pretty fast
>to copy the Executor bitmaps to the screen. WinG might be one way, and
>I'm sure there's another API in NT 3.5 which does the same thing.
>
> Depending on how difficult the port away from gcc would be, you
>might want to consider working on this port even before 2.0 comes out and
>possibly even largely replace the DOS release with it since it would not
>have as many memory management problems. (Especially if it can support
>Win32s, Windows 95, and NT 3.5 - this would allow it to be used on a large
>number of current machines.)
>
> - Chad
>
>>
>> --Cliff
>> ctm@ardi.com
>>
>>
Also,
I still hope that a native OS/2 version is still being considered. It
should also not be too hard to develop both a Win32 and an OS/2
version since there are some excellent conversion tools available. The
advantages over DOS are significant such as better GFX API's, a sound
standard that could be accessed by Executor, faster file systems (on
OS/2), etc.
Would it be possible/advantageous to make executor internally
multi-threaded? Code recompilation on one thread, gfx on one and disk
IO on another?
I already love tinkering with my system, gimme one more thing to
tinker with...
Later.
Baskin
UT Austin
Team OS/2
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> Subject: Re: Bugs in 1.99l
> >>>>> "Nik" == Nik Ahmad Fahmi <nfahmi@abdulla.pc.my> writes:
> >> Try deleting the %filename versions of the file on the DOS
> >> side, then copy them to a .hfv and then try it again.
>
> Nik> I've checked ... there's no %filename there. I tried
> Nik> copying it to .hfv but still can't see it
>
> Did you check for the %filename from outside of Executor? Executor is
> going to hide the fact that it makes %filenames behind your back.
>
Yes ... from DOS command prompt. When I switched back to 1.99k ....
all are there...
> Somebody else is having that problem. You should make the creator be
> 'ttxt' and the type be 'TEXT'. Make sure you don't type carriage
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From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford Thomas Matthews)
Wed, 5 Apr 95 09:31 MDT
To: executor@nacm.com
Subject: E/D 1.99l is out, but largely untested
Hi Folks,
ftp.cs.unm.edu:/pub/ardi/Executor_DOS contains two files: exldisk1.zip
and exldisk2.zip. If you take these files over in binary and then
unzip their contents onto separate floppies, you'll have a two floppy
installation disk set that will install Executor/DOS 1.99l.
Alternatively, you can unzip their contents onto your hard drive and
install directly from there (this feature was not present in 1.99k).
<deleted stuff>
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
I will download 1.99l as soon as I can, but 1.99k still gives me an error
mesage when running DNA Strider that the restriction enzyme library must be
in text file format (it is already, so the message is not useful). 1.99k is
also very slow on my 386DX/25 with 5 MB RAM. Also, I did install it from my
hardisk... no floppies involved. Anyone else find this possible with "k"?
Overall, it's much more stable than previous versions, so I think it's
getting there. And my personal (though perhaps not popular) opinion on the
Apple logo, etc. is: the priorities are stable, compatible and fast (i.e.
useful) first, and leave the cute stuff for later (not that those things
wouldn't be nice, but I want to keep my job first).
Thanks,
asc3@cornell.edu
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