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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 RAA00720 for <executor@nacm.com>; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:24:54 -0800 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id SAA29882; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 18:24:52 -0700 Received: from beaut.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0tIQK9-000YcHC; Wed, 22 Nov 95 18:19 MST Received: by beaut.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0tIQK9-000277C; Wed, 22 Nov 95 18:19 MST Message-Id: <m0tIQK9-000277C@beaut.ardi.com> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 95 18:19 MST From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) To: Jeff Koftinoff <jeffk@awinc.com> Cc: "'Executor List'" <executor@nacm.com> Subject: RE: Executor 2.0 CD-ROM In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951117004336.224B-100000@desk.jdksoftware.com> References: <01BAB46F.7DCBFCC0@europa166.europa.com> <Pine.LNX.3.91.951117004336.224B-100000@desk.jdksoftware.com> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Koftinoff <jeffk@awinc.com> writes: >> >The CD-ROMs will be in a jewelbox and have a 32-page >> mini-manual that >explains how to install Executor and briefly >> describes how to operate >it. That will be supplemented by >> on-line documentation that covers >use in depth and also has >> technical information for programmers. >> Jeff> Cool! technical information! Does this mean, the I, as a mac Jeff> programmer can write software that would be able to 'know' Jeff> that it is running executor, and possibly do executor/386 Jeff> specific things? Yes, that is our goal. Tentatively we'll use gestalt to build a virtual gestalt call that will tell you stuff about the environment of the emulator as opposed to the normal gestalt which returns information about the emulated environment. One of the pieces of information you'll be able to get will be how to jump into native code. This will allow people to make versions of Mac programs with x86 speedups for compute intensive parts. We know how we're going to do this, but we haven't gotten around to it yet. Jeff> I did this on the Mac Emulator for the Atari ST in 1988 - My Jeff> software was able to determine that it was running under the Jeff> Mac OS on an Atari and then the software would access the Jeff> Atari's MIDI port and timer hardware directly. Of course on Jeff> a real mac it would work as well via the Mac hardware. Jeff> There are lots of fun things that could be done. But please Jeff> don't delay 2.0 too much. Right, it's a tricky tradeoff. Theoretically we are adding no new functionality between now and E 2 beta, but this one's been on the board for a while, so will probably appear in 1.99p7 or 1.99q. Jeff> Best Regards Jeff> ------------------------------------------------------- Jeff> ---------- Jeff Koftinoff --- jeffk@awinc.com --------- --- Jeff> Internet Monitoring and Filtering Software --- --- Jeff> Multimedia and Embedded Systems Programming --- --- Jeff> http://www.xmission.com/~seer/jdksoftware/ --- Jeff> ------------------------------------------------------- --Cliff ctm@ardi.com