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Received: from netcom7.netcom.com (netcom7.netcom.com [192.100.81.115]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA23694 for <executor@nacm.com>; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 17:49:36 -0700 Received: by netcom7.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id RAA10079; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 17:42:38 -0700 Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 17:42:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Philip Zeyliger <vzvz@netcom.com> X-Sender: vzvz@netcom7 To: Executor Mailing List <executor@nacm.com> Subject: Suggestions on Programs Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950622173356.7586B-100000@netcom7> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk Hello, I have recently started toying with Executor and have run into some troubles with various software. GifConverter doesn't like the hardware. VIM (Vi Improved) exits to the dos prompt if I start it. I feel the need for an hfv file on an ftp site that has many basic applications a Mac would have that are Demo or Shareware/Freeware versions. For instance, I did not find a text editor, picture editor. In the case of text editor I couldn't read the README's many files provided. Just something relative to a SimpleText (more simple actually, just ASCII files in DOS, Unix, and Mac carriage return format.) Another problem was when you move files from your normal hfv disks to the dos one the filename has a space in it. It's 8.3 but has a space in it. I couldn't get DOS to view it until i renamed it. The copy feature of Go (by dragging) should just put the first 8 letters of the filename (spaces replaced by underscores) and put an extension if it can figure it out. (last existing if there is one on the Mac file and otherwise try figuring out the format). Also, how much is the DOS version. (I couldn't find it in the documents for some reason.) Is it possible to license BOTH the Dos and Linux version? Are there any people who put hfv's on FTP sites? And another thing (sorry) i feel that the hfv's should be expandable as more things go into them. Instead of having a predefined size they should expand and compress as you put and take out stuff from them. How do you find out the Free Space on a drive? Thanks for all your help! -- Philip, who now has two Mac's in his house -- a Mac Plus and a color executor! -- ,'^\ _ _ _ _ _ ,-----------------------------. ; :.\ Philip Zeyliger | |/// \| U ||| |On all Internet Chess Servers| \ \ ~ vzvz@netcom.com | (( o ) ||o\ /) telnet ics.onenet.net 5000 | [___] |_|\\\_/|_n_||_/ '-----------------------------'