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Received: from shell1.best.com (shell1.best.com [204.156.128.10]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA23811 for <Executor@nacm.com>; Wed, 12 Apr 1995 23:23:37 -0700 Received: (cpage@localhost) by shell1.best.com (8.6.11/8.6.5) id XAA01241; Wed, 12 Apr 1995 23:23:17 -0700 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 23:23:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Chad Page <cpage@best.com> To: My Account <me@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov> cc: Executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: Dave Small, et al. In-Reply-To: <9504122047.AA02955@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov> Message-ID: <Pine.BSD.3.91.950412231000.27672B-100000@shell1.best.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-executor@nacm.com Precedence: bulk On Wed, 12 Apr 1995, My Account wrote: > I have used this product since its first birth as the Magic Sac, > along with the associated box he made that beats up on the Atari > drives enough to make them read and write (etc) the 800 kbyte Mac > format. For several years, I ran such non-toy programs as > Mathematica, Maple, and SimWorld on this combination --- all the > programs I needed to run worked fine. As did telecommunication > programs (ie, Dave made the Atari serial port work with the Mac > software). One of the things that I think helped Small was that he started when Macintoshes were Macintoshes. By that I mean that in the old days, the Macintosh system could actually run in 128K, and the ROMS took 64K. Nowadays, the Macintosh System is larger than regular Windows. IMO, MacOS 7.5 means Macindoze 7.5, since the Macintosh appears to be being corrupted by trying to compete by Microsoft. If Apple falls, I think it will be because the Macintosh is no longer as easy to understand as it used to be - still easier than an IBM, but much tougher than a Mac Plus (how much more plug and play do you get than a Mac Plus, anyway - at least as long as you don't try to add RAM? :) I know - I have a weird vision of what the Macintosh should be. It should be a nice, small box with plenty of CPU power and a nice, compact, modular and expandable OS. It should be available in all in CPU+Monitor and modular forms. The Macs Apple sells now only hit two of those (CPU power and modular casing.) At the rate they're going now, MacOS 8 or 9 will be Windows NT-sized. Hopefully it will be as well designed and as stable, but I consider that doubtful unless Apple really takes a look at it's design. The memory management in Multifinder/System 7.x pales even by Windoze 3.1 standards with the application blocks... it's too easy to fill up memory wastefully. Not that I don't want Executor to be able to run System 7.5 of course... when that happens Executor will stop emulating just Macintosh apps, and instead start emulating a whole Macintosh, which will be an incredible feat. > Is Dave still in business? > I heard something about it going out, but hopefully that's false. > ARDI is doing something different than Dave did. My regard is best > measured by noting that I purchased a copy of executor years ago, and > have recommended it to all others that have asked me. > I think ARDI is doing something incredibly difficult, especially considering thir limitations (budget + legalities), and doing a really good job at it. Executor is really turning out into something great... I'm looking forward to System 7.5 support too (call me a hippocrite, but that WILL let us all run tons more apps... :) - Chad > > Henning Leidecker > > >