Executor 2.0/executorv2.0.iso/pc/dos/extra/docs/maillist/text/archive.96/text0006.txt

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Roger Craig Luff ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Can I install Quicktime extentions? If so, where do I get them?

Ignore this.. I read the FAQ.

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Subject: Best -applzone parameter
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Dear executor users
I have used executor dos under 6.22 and more recently under windows 95
on a 486 PC with 16 meg ram.
It is suggested in the FAQ to use an -applzone switch to increase
memory, so I have given various amounts 4M, 6M, 8M etc.  Although
NIH-IMAGE works fine with any of these value and also the default, some
important applications like aperion and Mong Pong actually slow down
when I allocate more memory.  Anybody got a clue?

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ARDI still hasn't gotten around to sending individual keys for all our
longtime NEXTSTEP customers, so here's a new public key good for the
month of January:

S/N = 100

Key = c9gm7biez8jf2


This key is free for the taking, works on either of the NEXTSTEP
platforms we support, and expires February 1.

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From: [e-mail] (Mat Hostetter)
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>>>>> "Peter" == Peter D Cherry <[e-mail]> writes:

    Peter> Dear executor users I have used executor dos under 6.22 and
    Peter> more recently under windows 95 on a 486 PC with 16 meg ram.
    Peter> It is suggested in the FAQ to use an -applzone switch to
    Peter> increase memory, so I have given various amounts 4M, 6M, 8M
    Peter> etc.  Although NIH-IMAGE works fine with any of these value
    Peter> and also the default, some important applications like
    Peter> aperion and Mong Pong actually slow down when I allocate
    Peter> more memory.  Anybody got a clue?

If Executor runs out of "physical memory" (actual RAM), then it will
start using some of your hard disk space as extra memory.  Since hard
disks are much slower than RAM, using your hard disk for temporary
storage can slow Executor down a lot.

When you specify a bigger -applzone, that causes a greater fraction of
Executor's memory to be temporarily stored on disk at any given time
(assuming not enough RAM is available to hold it all).  That, in turn,
causes Executor to spend a greater fraction of its time accessing the
drive, and so it runs more slowly.

I wouldn't expect this to be a problem on a 16M machine though.  Win95
is using some of your RAM, and may not be making all of the remaining
RAM available to Executor.  You may find that adjusting the Win95 DPMI
settings helps; I'm not sure.  "executor -info" may give you some idea
how much RAM is available to Executor.

Note also that Executor requires memory above and beyond the
parameters you can specify on the command line.

-Mat

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Subject: Re: Windows NT version?
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In article <49vkk8$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Richard Steiner) wrote:

> R. Lee Troup ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
> : I understand that the current version of Executor does not run on Windows
> : NT.  Is this still true and, if so, does ARDI plan to implement a Windows
> : NT version in the future?  Our company is switching entirely to that
> : architecture.  Many of us have accumulated years of Mac programs and data,
> : some of which will be difficult or impossible to migrate.
>
> This might be a stupid question, but if you folks have a lot of software
> that you can't migrate, then why are you switching to Win/NT?
>
> Seems like a pretty strange action to take (at first glance).

Because too many people follow Bill Gates like mindless lemmings.

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Clifford T. Matthews ([e-mail]) wrote:
: >>>>> "Maren" == Maren Leyla Cooke <[e-mail]> writes:
: In article <[e-mail]> Maren Leyla Cooke <[e-mail]> writes:


: We do not yet have PM6 for testing.  We have temporarily stopped
: buying new software for testing so that we can use the money for
: MACWORLD Expo and cutting the Executor 2 CD-ROMs.  We do have PM 5.0
: and PM 4.2.  We personally haven't done much testing of either, and
: won't, until E2 is in beta.  However, one of our customers bought a
: site license in order to run PM 4.2.  I believe they already had the
: copies of PM 4.2 and that's why they are running that version instead
: of PM 5.0.

    I'm was able to get PM 4.2 up under Executor/LinuxELF_SVGA
    without any problems... *but* 1.99p9 is broken for ELF
    under 1.3.new kernels, unfortunatly.
    (I know this is a known problem, but I'd love to see it fixed
    soon so I can move completely off of 1.2.13!)

: We've certainly made great strides in 1995.  We're hoping to get
: enough interest at MACWORLD Expo to actually allow us to pick up the
: pace for 1996.

    Good luck with that, and hopefully it'll be some good press
    and attention...

    - Chad