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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 GAA26721 for <executor@nacm.com>; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 06:41:30 -0800 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id HAA17206; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 07:41:23 -0700 Received: from beaut.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0tB0lo-000YceC; Thu, 2 Nov 95 07:37 MST Received: by beaut.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0tB0ln-00000EC; Thu, 2 Nov 95 07:37 MST Message-Id: <m0tB0ln-00000EC@beaut.ardi.com> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 95 07:37 MST From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) To: Michael Codanti <Michael@civis.com> Cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: FoxPro 2.5 on Executor In-Reply-To: <199510310544.VAA21878@desiree.teleport.com> References: <199510310544.VAA21878@desiree.teleport.com> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Codanti <Michael@civis.com> writes: Michael> I am trying to install Microsoft FoxPro 2.5 and having Michael> some problems. I am using Executor 1.99p5. Michael> FoxPro itself installed but said I need to install the Michael> "Apple Shared Library Manager" (which is included with Michael> FoxPro) Michael> I have a 486DX2/66 with 16megs of RAM, 500 meg IDE drive, Michael> and a Genoa Phantom 64 video card, running Windows 95. Michael> When trying to install the "Apple Shared Library Manager" Michael> under Windows 95 I get a: Michael> General Protection Fault at eip=008004dd eax=0000000f Michael> ebx=0000a346 ecx=001a7e00 edx=00000002 esi=00843b34 Michael> edi=07fff6ce ebp=001a7e90 esp=001eb304 cs=00af ds=00b7 Michael> es=00b7 fs=00ff gs=00d7 ss=00b7 Call frame traceback Michael> EIPs: 0x008004dd I can't figure out what's gone wrong here. That EIP doesn't look legitimate but there's no way of telling how it got there. Michael> When trying to install the "Apple Shared Library Manager" Michael> with the "-system 7" option under Windows 95 I get a: Michael> General Protection Fault at eip=0010a62e eax=00f94e01 Michael> ebx=0088d124 ecx=0048e42c edx=00000008 esi=008dc81c Michael> edi=00000000 ebp=001ebdb0 esp=001ebda0 cs=00af ds=00b7 Michael> es=00b7 fs=00ff gs=00d7 ss=00b7 Call frame traceback Michael> EIPs: 0x0010a62e 0x000e5029 0x000e5013 0x000e5013 Michael> 0x000e50c0 0x000e5282 0x0001deeb 0x000a96a6 0x000a974d Michael> 0x000b5f2d 0x000b6159 This makes a little more sense, but it looks like the installer is deciding that since you have System 7, it can spawn another task, which in reality, it can't do under Executor. Michael> When trying to install the "Apple Shared Library Manager" Michael> either way after booting to DOS, after I double click on Michael> the installer and it crunches the floppy for a long time Michael> it just returns to the browser but the icon for the Michael> installer changed to color from black-and-white. Michael> Any chance that I can get the ASLM installed and try Michael> FoxPro out? It doesn't look good. I think we would need to purchase a copy of FoxPro and fiddle with it for an extended time before we could even tell whether or not it was possible to get it going quickly, but we will not have the resources to do that before 2.0 ships. Michael> Thanks, Michael> Michael Codanti I don't like admitting defeat, but if we really want to get as many things runnings as soon as possible, the best strategy is to productize Executor 2.0 and get some sales in so we can hire more engineers. Unfortunately this means we have to make decisions that we don't like. --Cliff ctm@ardi.com