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Received: from sloth.swcp.com (sloth.swcp.com [198.59.115.25]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA03281 for <executor@nacm.com>; Thu, 18 May 1995 16:30:21 -0700 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id RAA27393; Thu, 18 May 1995 17:33:26 -0600 Received: by mailhost (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0sCEzR-000YbDC; Thu, 18 May 95 17:28 MDT Message-Id: <m0sCEzR-000YbDC@mailhost> Date: Thu, 18 May 95 17:28 MDT From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) To: g.sightler@genie.geis.com Cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: New Features Want List. In-Reply-To: <199505152324.AA054510259@relay1.geis.com> References: <199505152324.AA054510259@relay1.geis.com> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Jesse" == g sightler <g.sightler@genie.geis.com> writes: Jesse> OK, now I know that all of these features can't be fit in Jesse> immediately, but if you could, could you at least give me Jesse> an approximate date (and/or version number) when we will Jesse> see them (if ever)? THANKS! Jesse> (BTW, these are in order of priority, from highest to Jesse> lowest, IMO) Jesse> 1. Serial/Parallel support. I would love to be able to Jesse> actually use the MAC side of the emulation for things like Jesse> downloading files and going onto BBS's, but this sadly is Jesse> not currently possible. :( Won't happen until after 2.0 ships, but should happen soon thereafter. Jesse> 2. Higher overall compatibility. Really this should be Jesse> first, but I already knowapproximately when and how this Jesse> will be worked out already, so I didn't mention it before. Jesse> <G> IOW, from what I can tell you expect most non-System 7 Jesse> stuff to run by version 2.00 (about 2 months from now, if I Jesse> remeber correctly). We are making small strides in this area between every release, but the major strides will be made during our "hackathon", which may begin a month from now. We still have to write some new code and we still have to write some new tools before the hackathon can begin. Jesse> 3. System 7.5 compatibility. I would LOVE to see this Jesse> feature as soon as possible, though I do understand that it Jesse> must be difficult. I would like to have a relative time Jesse> scale/version number on this, if possible though. At least a year away. Jesse> 4. Sound support. This isn't really a priority in my Jesse> mind, but it would be nice if you could add it some time Jesse> down the line. :) Probably soon after serial port support. Jesse> OK, well, overall all I can say is that I would like to see Jesse> your current plans for the versions of Executor after 2.00. Jesse> I'm certain that this stuff listed here will be here by Jesse> 3.00 but I am wondering if you are going to do any Jesse> "experimental" releases like the way you did with 1.99, and Jesse> if so which projects are YOU taking as priorities? Yes, we'll continue releasing experimental releases after 2.0 ships. We've already done a much work associated with serial port and sound support, so those two will come up quickly. The other things we'll be working on (concurrently; we'll have two or three times the number of engineers once 2.0 is out) will be WorldScript (the ability to use Executor with Asian languages), ports to a variety of platforms, PowerPC emulation, AppleTalk support and *hopefully* System 7 drop in support. --Cliff