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I've installed the executor demo on my IBM running linux, and I upgraded
to linux 1.2.13 (with the ardi patch) so I could run executor-svga.
(I'm still not sure if I'm going to buy executor or not.  I don't need
it, but it is pretty neat.)
Anyhow, executor runs just fine in X11, but when I try executor-svga,
it looks fine, but the cursor arrow is spastic, and not really under
the control of the mouse.  Has anyone else had this problem?

Jay

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Well, I got two mail messages from people saying I AM on the list, and an
attempt to resubscribe to the list failed, saying that I am on the list.
My question is: Has this list inexplicably died or is there some other
problem with me getting the messages since sometime in december?

Regards,

James

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From: [e-mail] (Ryan Hayle)
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Subject: Re: ANYBODY HAVE A MAC EMULATOR FOR PC ?
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 96 23:59:52 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (Alex Timbol) wrote:

>Sorry, no such thing because all of the boot-up code is in
firmware on the
>Mac's ROMs, which are tightly controlled by Apple.
>If, however, you had a Mac you could get a DOS compatibility card
and have
>a Dos computer in your Mac, or if you're willing to sacrifice
speed, you
>can use softWindows.  Ain't life unfair?

No it isn't unfair..  No IBM company has needed to make an "Apple"
compatibility card, because IBM users can already do everything
they need to
do.  Only Mac users need the power of an IBM..  It's taken 12
years, but
Apple's almost has a software collection now, that's why we need
Executor.
Apple is just pittifull.

>The closest you can get to putting a Mac screen on windows is to
use
>Timbuktu, which transmits a Mac's SCREEN to your PC over a
network.  Of
>course, you need a Mac on your network.

Sort of pointless, isn't it?  Does that mean you can control the
mac from your
KEYBOARD?  (Don't you love capitalizing verious computer perifs?)
 Still seems
pointless.

>See More. Do More. The Power to Be Your Best. Get a Mac.

Ah, yes.  The power to crash daily, see a beautiful, black and
white, and
slower than light (hey, that rhymed!) operating system, and have
all of your
friends (internet or otherwise) look at you without respect.  I
love Mac's!

EMYL,                   ______   ______
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From: [e-mail] (Mat Hostetter)
To: [e-mail] (Jay Belanger)
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>>>>> "Jay" == Jay Belanger <[e-mail]> writes:

    Jay> I've installed the executor demo on my IBM running linux, and
    Jay> I upgraded to linux 1.2.13 (with the ardi patch) so I could
    Jay> run executor-svga.  (I'm still not sure if I'm going to buy
    Jay> executor or not.  I don't need it, but it is pretty neat.)
    Jay> Anyhow, executor runs just fine in X11, but when I try
    Jay> executor-svga, it looks fine, but the cursor arrow is
    Jay> spastic, and not really under the control of the mouse.  Has
    Jay> anyone else had this problem?

This problem has been reported on a few different systems.  In each
case, the problem has been that svgalib was configured for the wrong
mouse type, or /dev/mouse was a symlink to the wrong device.

Double check the svgalib config file (/etc/vga/libvga.config), and if
that looks OK see if you can get svgalib's mousetest to work on your
system.

Good luck!

-Mat

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From: [e-mail] (Scott Shuchart)
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Nathan
Grass) declares...
>        I am useing Executor on a Windows 95 PC.  Everything that came
>with it seems to work fine.  I can access all my folders with the long
>name support just great.  My big malfunction is the .hqx extension does
>not allow me to run a program.  I converted some binary files with the
>BinHex program that came with Executor, and all I can do is look at the
>'text' of the file with the text editor.  How do I set the file to
>execute???  This is the same with files that I FTP down to my PC.

First, I recommend that you copy the .hqx files into an .hfv volume; I've
had better luck this way (sometimes the un-hqxing apps have trouble writing
to the Win95 volumes, I've found).  Second, don't use BinHex; use Stuffit
Expander.  You've probably been encoding instead of decoding.  You need to
have Stuffit decode the .hqx file to make it binary; then, it's probably
also stuffed or compacted (mac compression schemes), if you got it from FTP.
 So it will unStuff the file.  Then you should be able to double-click it.
Double-clicking files only works if they have the correct creator/type
information, which you can check by getting info (left-alt-i) on the file.

>        I have not registered yet (I am waiting on my checking account
>to be set up) and the 10 minute time out is limiting my ability to work
>with Executor to get this working.  It takes almost 2 minutes to start
>it up each time.  I am looking at the clock the whole time so I can exit
>without loosing all my progress.  Would ARDI release a version with a
>little longer time limit?  I can understand them not wanting
>unregistered software out there, this is not shareware, but it is being
>distributed in that manner...  I am very reluctant to register a program
>I don't have time to test fully.  Maybe they can disable most of the
>nice features or put in lots of nag screens.  At least then I could test
>out some things before it crashes violently on me...

What speed is your machine?  How much RAM?  Mine doesn't take anywhere close
to two minutes to start up (486DX4/100, 12Mb).  What is it you can't do in
10 minutes, anyway? Perhaps you could ask some of the registered users on
this newsgroup to try it out for you, if it's easy enough to do.  Good luck.

Oh, if you're short on RAM, realize that running from outside of Win95 will
give Executor more RAM, though you won't have access to long file names on
DOS/Win95 drives.  But at least try this to see if it starts faster.

Scott Shuchart
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