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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 WAA20500 for <executor@nacm.com>; Sun, 7 May 1995 22:39:17 -0700 Received: (cpage@localhost) by shell1.best.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) id WAA09303; Sun, 7 May 1995 22:38:54 -0701 Date: Sun, 7 May 1995 22:38:53 -0701 (PDT) From: Chad Page <cpage@best.com> To: Robert Moldenhauer +1 608-264-8971 <MOLDER@dnr.state.wi.us> cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: WHy not take executor into Windows? In-Reply-To: <199505041301.GAA09581@nacm.com> Message-ID: <Pine.BSD.3.91.950507223415.6824A@shell1.best.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-executor@nacm.com Precedence: bulk On Thu, 4 May 1995, Robert Moldenhauer +1 608-264-8971 wrote: > I've noticed that executor still runs as a Dos application, why? It's the only > Dos application I have on my machine now, but I remember the old days, every > application used to have it's own printer drivers, fonts, etc. It was a mess. > If you fully integrated it into windows you could take advantage of the > intalled Sound drivers, printer, fonts etc. > Basically, Executor uses the DOS system in a manner a game usually would - it uses direct video access, DOS extenders, etc... (broad generalization of a tired brain :) The main way to use Windows would be to make Executor a WinG-based application, which is designed to make games faster through the use of the bitblt function. This would allow a relatively fast vdriver to be written for Executor/Win32. There may also be compiler problems - Executor is compiled under gcc, which it takes advantage of (hence, the use of DJGPP for DOS). Until gcc is fully ported to Win32, an Executor/Win32 port will be much more difficult. (Forget about running Executor on top of 16-bit Windows sans Win32s - Executor NEEDS 32-bit code, and in fact creates it for the native-code based code compilation which it uses nowadays.) - Chad, posting after a 2-hour ride home from a 2 day Youth to Youth conference... and quite tired!