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Received: from cc01mh.unity.ncsu.edu (cc01mh.unity.ncsu.edu [152.1.1.162]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA04567 for <executor-digest@nacm.com>; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 22:36:58 -0800 From: mjgalgoc@unity.ncsu.edu Received: from thunderfoot.rh.ncsu.edu by cc01mh.unity.ncsu.edu (5.67b/SYSTEMS 12-28-92 15:15:00) id AA29021; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 01:36:56 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 01:36:56 -0500 Posted-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 01:36:56 -0500 Message-Id: <199511140636.AA29021@cc01mh.unity.ncsu.edu> X-Sender: mjgalgoc@cc01mh.unity.ncsu.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: executor-digest@nacm.com Subject: Re: System 7.x (5) Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk At 10:41 PM 11/13/95 +0800, you wrote: >>I was wondering, what would happen if I were to install system 7.x on top >of Executor. If you don't know, I may be able to try it at school. We >have a site license for System 7, and a bunch of macs that have the DOS >compatibility > >Now this sounds like a great idea. Installing Mac software on executor. I >believe, going from myself, that I would rather pay $300 for ardi's ppc code >which would enable me to run almost anything, than to pay $99 for which just >might run software that I happen to use. > >Cliff: Why doesn't ardi just sell the engine, instead of the whole product? The reason is quite simple. Executor will crash with Apple's system files installed instead of ARDI's. Likewise, if you tried to replace the system files of a Mac with Executor's system files, the Mac would crash. This is because Cliff & Co had none of the fine nitty gritty details of the innerworkings of the Macintosh. Rather, all they had was the info provided by the book series "inside the Macintosh" put out by Apple for programmers. What Cliff & Co had to do is follow the books to the 't' and run test algorithms to try and extrapolate as much info as possible. If I'm not mistaken, this is the 'clean room' process of reverse engineering that Cliff sometimes mentions. This is all explained in great detail in the text file EARNSTOUD.TXT which resides in the docs directory undr the executor directory. -Matt Galgoci