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Just a wild thought I had while thinking too late at night.  Since there
is a *bsd port to mac68k, are there any chances (slim to none, yeah, I know)
that executor could run something other than the MacOS, since it will
simulate a processor/?the hardware? of a real mac?

Comments anyone?

--
<a href=mailto:[e-mail]>Todd T. Fries</a>
<a href=http://www.cs.umr.edu/~tfries/>My Homepage!</a>

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>>>>> "Todd" == Todd Fries <[e-mail]> writes:
In article <4cinvp$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Todd Fries) writes:


    Todd> Just a wild thought I had while thinking too late at night.
    Todd> Since there is a *bsd port to mac68k, are there any chances
    Todd> (slim to none, yeah, I know) that executor could run
    Todd> something other than the MacOS, since it will simulate a
    Todd> processor/?the hardware? of a real mac?

    Todd> Comments anyone?

Without additional work at ARDI the chances are indeed slim to none.
We have been approached a few times by people that had 68k based stuff
that they'd be interested in porting but we would charge too much for
such work, since ARDI engineering time is better spent by getting
Executor to run System 7.5, or support networking or serial ports,
etc.

    Todd> -- <a href=mailto:[e-mail]>Todd T. Fries</a> <a
    Todd> href=http://www.cs.umr.edu/~tfries/>My Homepage!</a>

--Cliff
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In article <[e-mail]>,
Gary Robinson <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm interested in switching from the Mac to another machine, either
>Unix-based or NT.
>
>My only real problem is one program--Symantec's MORE.  I have many
>megabytes of data stored in MORE format, and as far as I know there's no
>compatible program to import the data into.
>
>So I want to either run MORE under NT or a Unix system.
>
>Will Executor fill the bill for me? Has it been tested with MORE?
>
>Does it run under NT? Linux?  FreeBSD?
>
Gary,

executor runs under Linux both under X and SVGA.  i'm using it now :).

additionally, i just use MORE with executor.  i have never used this
program before but we had it around so i uploaded it to zifi and gave
it a shot.  it worked like a charm.  executor complained in the
beginning about it possibly not being 32 bit clean but everything i
tried worked perfectly without errors.  i was able to write a new
file, save it and open it again.  additionally various things like
other views worked fine.

i'd grab the demo and try it yourself.

- -pjf



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Quite the trick to run the Mac on Dos or Windows.  Can it run one
program or run all.  Let's say I want to run Photoshp 3.0, Wordperfect
3.5, Marathon 1 and 2, and my Now Contact.  Could I do this on my Intel
machine using your emulator.  In other words, is your product the real
deal or little more than a screen saver?  I am truly interested but my
monitor powers down so I do not need a mac desktop to take up energy.
Also, how much RAM is required in addition to the application to run
like a MAC?  8?  16?  24?

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Subject: (E/L, 1.99q) Endnote 2.0.1 and 2.1 have stopped working!! this is BAD.
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ardi,

i guess i could have filed a bug report but this seemed easier.  my
original plans for executor involved running Word 5.0a or 5.1 and
Endnote Plus so i could write a paper on my linux box instead of on
one of our macs.  it appears this idea is falling apart.

i don't know when this happened as far as executor development goes,
but i'll get 1.99p9 or whatever the version before q was and try that
too.

i consider this a show stopper.  this is a serious program that many
people use for managing bibliographies in conjunction with MS Word.

here's what happens.  i double click on the Endnote Plus icon, after
some time its splash screen comes up and then executor just locks.
i've been writing this mesg while letting it try to start.  i have to
kill executor to get rid of the window.

this problem is present in both E/L SVGA (ELF) and plain E/L (ELF)
under X.

the odd thing is, the Endnote plus (2.0.1) module for Word works just
fine.  this program is launched from within Word.

i'll get the older versions of executor and determine if the trouble
began before this or not.  i had deleted them as i'm actually
beginning to run out of disk space on zifi.

here's my config again:

AMD 486 DX4-100
S3 X server (trio 64 chipset)
16 MB RAM
Linux 1.2.13
7:34pm zifi-> ldd executor
        libgdbm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgdbm.so.2.0.0
        libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5.0.5
        libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5.2.18

/usr/local/bin
7:34pm zifi-> ldd executor-svga
        libvga.so.1 => /usr/lib/libvga.so.1.2.7
        libgdbm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgdbm.so.2.0.0
        libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5.0.5
        libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5.2.18

the libc is very new, as is libm.  everything else seems to work fine
so i sort of doubt these are the problem.  if you think they are let
me know.  i have older versions of the libs around.


- -pjf


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      I am writing a book on computer graphics and I would like to include
some Macintosh shareware on the accompanying CDROM.  I am also considering
evaluating Executor(perhaps even throwing the shareware version on the
CD) but before I do any of those things I was wondering if anyone has had
success running either of these programs(they both use a lot of floating
point math).  Thank you for your attention...

William Newhall

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The point is how to do such a thing.

Thanks if u can tell us.

[e-mail]
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De: Scott Shuchart  <[e-mail]>
A:  <[e-mail]>
Objet: Re: 199q problems
Date: jeudi 4 janvier 1996 22:43

In article <4cfbu0$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Chris's Mail Room)
declares...
>I like the concept of a MAC emulator, but whats the point, if it can't
>communicate with the outside world, Don't run a reasonable amount of
>software.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not mad or bitching, but I don't see
>how usefull a computer is that can't print, can't dial up to an online
service,
>I cannot buy software for it confidently because I don't know if it is going
>to work.
>
>Perhaps someone can help me, Can I use my pc to download files from the
internet,
>if so, how can I get the file into executor.

Sure you can.  Most files for macs are posted on bbs's and ftp sites in .hqx
format.  These files, which collapse the mac's data and resource forks into
one file, can be downloaded on a pc.  Then open up executor, copy the file
from a DOS volume into an executor volume (an .hfv file), and open Stuffit
Expander (included with all Executor releases).  Decode the file, and
unStuff it, if necessary.  Share and enjoy.

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