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- From: wmagro@msc.cornell.edu (William Magro)
- Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor
- Subject: Re: executor-svga
- Date: 7 Jan 1996 00:52:44 GMT
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- Jay Belanger (belanger@vh207a.nemostate.edu) wrote:
- : 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,
- This is characteristic of an incorrectly configured mouse
- for SVGALIB. Edit your svgalib config file to properly
- specify your mouse.
-
- --Bill
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- From: page0588@sundance.sjsu.edu (Chad Page)
- Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor
- Subject: Executor - a CHRP PowerMac clone?
- Date: 7 Jan 1996 02:14:42 GMT
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- Clifford T. Matthews (ctm@ardi.com) wrote:
-
- : John> I've heard many times how ARDI designed Executor from the
- : John> ground up, using clean room techniques, because of the
- : John> proprietory and secret nature of the Macintosh toolbox
- : John> ROMs. Hence programs which use certain undocumented features
- : John> of the ROMs will not work on Executor.
-
- : I'm sure it sounds like an old song and dance to people who have
- : followed us closely, but it's the truth and it explains questions that
- : come up frequently, so you'll probably hear it more, too.
-
- <nodding>
-
- <deletia>
-
- : John> How then, do you explain the new Power Mac clones, from
- : John> companies like Radius? These machines are supposed to be
- : John> 100% Mac compatible. Do they reverse engineer the ROMs, do
- : John> they buy the ROMs from Apple, or has Apple made avaiable the
- : John> code for these ROMs in the "Open Reference Platform" or
- : John> something like that.
-
- : Apple's official position is that they will not license any 68k based
- : stuff, so we'll have to get a PPC emulator going before we can
- : officially license Apples's software (unless they change their mind).
- : Luckily, VCPU will make a PPC emulator relatively easy, *and* even
- : without Apple's permission we can make Executor so that you will be
- : able to drop a copy of System 7.5 on top of it and have it work. That
- : requires a lot of work -- more than the few engineers we currently
- : have, *but* it's work that we understand and we have a tremendous
- : framework to start with, so it's largely a matter of getting money for
- : engineers, which is something else we're pursuing at MACWORLD Expo.
-
- Could Executor go one step further and emulate a CHRP-based system?
- This would open up some more possiblilites (ie OS/2-PPC if it's ever fully
- released, Windows NT - maybe even in a Win95 window ;) or Linux/PPC when it's
- done)...
-
- That sounds like the best way to go, and it would make Executor
- the first multi-OS emulator (probably :)
-
- : John> I'd be interested to know what Radius and the other clone
- : John> maker(s) do in this regard.
-
- : My understanding is that they not only license the ROMs, but they also
- : license much more, too, including ASICs that are in such short supply
- : that Gateway wasn't able to cut a licensing deal with Apple because
- : they weren't able to turn out the ASICs quick enough.
-
- Ayee. Apple isn't *really* opening up the Mac platform, is it?
- (as in, it's impossible for anyone else to make a large number of Macs -
- unless they did something like license ARDI technology or something)
-
- - Chad
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