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In article <1127cc$b3b11.15@mediasoft.net>, Pierre <dherin@lovelace.infobiogen.fr> wrote: >Here is some of my problems running Executor with the video card Matrox >MGA Millenium. I have posted this before at questions@ardi.com and I post >this here if anybody could help or have experience with it. > >Under Windows 3.x (with QEMM 7.5), there is a random chance of success >for Executor to be launched properly, depending on the applications >running, before, or during the time executor is working. I have seen a >lot of fantaisist behaviour of the video once Executor is launched. > > OK I have test several things to run executor without QEMM 7.5, the >program works fine under Windows 3.x, and it is launched properly every >time. But, but, the video problems still persist when you try to scroll >with the Alt-Tab or the Ctrl-Esc keys between different applications. >These tests have been performed with executor in 256 colors mode in >640x480 resolution, Windows using Matrox video drivers in 256 or 16M >colors in 800x600 resolution. Another problem I would submit to you is >that executor launched under dos with the -size 800x600 arg with only 2 >TSR loaded (HIMEM and MOUSE) crashes systematically giving the following >message: > Ba,ba,ba,ba,ba,ba. Well, it works just fine for me at 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024. No problem. Maybe because I was just running games with the thing. (Maelstorm is the best Mac game out there. Unfortunately, I cannot stay alive for 10 or even 5 minutes.) I have try 1.99p and 1.99q and both are fine. Pan +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Currently happy owner of... | +--------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------+ | - 486-DX4 100 Mhz | - Amiga 4000 | - Sony PlayStation | | - 2 1.2 Gig HDs WD | - 68040/25 Mhz | - Super Nintendo | | - Matrox Millenium | - 16 MB of FAST RAM | - Sega Genesis w/Sega CD | | w/4MB of WRAM | - 2 MB of SLOW RAM | - Nintendo | | - Sony 17SF | - 120 MB HD - Seagate | | | - 16 MB of RAM | - 250 MB HD - WD | | | | - NEC 3D | | | | - GVP Spectrum 2MB | | +--------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------+ From owner-paper Fri Jan 19 09:49:12 1996 Return-Path: <owner-paper> Received: by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tdJzy-0007qEa; Fri, 19 Jan 96 09:49 MST Sender: owner-paper Received: from listserv.gmd.de by ftp.ardi.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tdJvO-0007qDC; Fri, 19 Jan 96 09:44 MST Message-Id: <m0tdJvO-0007qDC@ftp.ardi.com> Received: from vm.gmd.de by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id E3C65F5B ; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 17:20:27 +0100 Received: from VMPROFS.ESOC.ESA.DE (NJE origin MAILER@ESOC) by VM.GMD.DE (LMail V1.2b/1.8b) with BSMTP id 5562; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 17:21:12 +0100 Received: from ESA (NJE origin JLIEBERH@ESA) by VMPROFS.ESOC.ESA.DE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5674; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 17:20:17 +0100 Comments: Converted from PROFS to RFC822 format by PUMP V2.2X Date: Fri, 19 Jan 96 17:19:36 EST From: "J.F.Lieberherr" <JLIEBERH%ESA.bitnet@listserv.gmd.de> Subject: Marathon 1 and 2 To: <executor@ardi.com> X-Profs-To: JLIEBERH--EXTERNAL Sender: owner-paper@ardi.com Precedence: bulk My note of the 18th of January got into confusion in its part about Marathon, so allow me to repeat that part: Marathon 1 had abnormal response in keyboard only mode (sideway motion) Marathon 1 worked fine in keyboard+mouse mode (slightly jerky tho) Marathon 2 crashed during installation I run a P100 with 12meg memory allocated to executor Have a nice week-end* Jeff End of Message From owner-paper Fri Jan 19 10:46:39 1996 Return-Path: <owner-paper> Received: by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tdKtY-0007qGa; Fri, 19 Jan 96 10:46 MST Sender: owner-paper Received: from comet.genetics.utah.edu by ftp.ardi.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tdKt0-0007qDC; Fri, 19 Jan 96 10:46 MST Received: (from chad@localhost) by comet.genetics.utah.edu (8.6.12/8.6.10) id KAA03765 for executor@ardi.com; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 10:26:45 -0700 From: "Chad Smith" <chad@genetics.utah.edu> Message-Id: <9601191026.ZM3763@comet.genetics.utah.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 10:26:44 -0700 X-Mailer: Z-Mail Lite (3.2.0 5jul94) To: executor@ardi.com Subject: networking under linux Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-paper@ardi.com Precedence: bulk I have appletalk enabled in my Linux 1.3.55 kernel, and am running netatalk. Will I be able to see my appletalk network from the chooser of Executor 1.99? I haven't ordered the full registered copy yet, and this is a big consideration. Chad Smith -- ===================================================================== real name:Chad Smith email: chad@genetics.utah.edu csmith@peruvian.cs.utah.edu phone: home - (801)-255-9401 work - (801)-585-3095 ===================================================================== __ _ / / (_)___ __ ____ __ / /__ / // _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . . t h e c h o i c e o f a /____//_//_//_/\___/ /_/\_\ G N U g e n e r a t i o n . . . ===================================================================== From owner-paper Fri Jan 19 13:22:23 1996 Return-Path: <owner-paper> Received: by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tdNKH-0007qEa; Fri, 19 Jan 96 13:22 MST Sender: owner-paper Received: from magicnet.magicnet.net by ftp.ardi.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tdNJg-0007qDC; Fri, 19 Jan 96 13:21 MST Received: from ns.magicnet.net (pm1-00.magicnet.net [204.96.116.50]) by magicnet.magicnet.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA27180 for <executor@ardi.com>; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:00:39 -0500 Message-ID: <31000601.6218@magicnet.net> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 14:58:41 -0600 From: Jon Abbott <jabbott@magicnet.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win95; I; 16bit) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: executor@ardi.com Subject: Re: Microsoft Word 5.1 Troubles References: <199601190139.TAA06390@tristero.io.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-paper@ardi.com Precedence: bulk John Hess wrote: > > At 01:47 PM 1/17/96 -0600, Jon Abbott wrote: > >Is anyone else out there having problems getting Microsoft > >Word 5.1 working now? I've had it running successfully for > >a while before but recently (I believe it started with 1.99q) > >I can't get it to load at all.. I don't remember the message > >it said but can post it if anyone wants it. > > > >I'm running E/D 1.99q (along with 1.99p6 and p9 but they are > >using the system files of q which messes them up too), with > >no success on Word. Has anyone else had this problem? > > > >Thanks, > >Jon Abbott > >Registered E/D User > > > > > Nothing that wasn't fixed by setting SYSTEM to 6.0.7. > John Boy, it's interesting how I've already tried that before and it still doesn't work. Not everything has such a simple solution.. Don't quit your day job. Jon Abbott Registered E/D User From owner-paper Fri Jan 19 14:16:23 1996 Return-Path: <owner-paper> Received: by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tdOAW-0007qEa; Fri, 19 Jan 96 14:16 MST Sender: owner-paper Received: from pluto.njcc.com by ftp.ardi.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tdO9w-0007qDC; Fri, 19 Jan 96 14:15 MST Received: from Internet.princeton.com ([204.217.6.79]) by pluto.njcc.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA06596 for <executor@ardi.com>; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:54:35 -0500 Message-Id: <199601192054.PAA06596@pluto.njcc.com> Comments: Authenticated sender is <scheif@pop.njcc.com> From: "Fred Scheifele" <Scheif@pluto.njcc.com> To: <executor@ardi.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:58:40 -0500 Subject: Sound with 1.99q Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.10) Sender: owner-paper@ardi.com Precedence: bulk Greetings fellow Executors. How do you get sound out of 1.99q? I have heard reports that this is possible, but Executor remains quiet for me. :-( I have a SoundBlaster Pro-compatible sound card. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Fred Scheifele (Scheif@pluto.njcc.com) From owner-paper Fri Jan 19 22:13:43 1996 Return-Path: <owner-paper> Received: by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tdVcS-0007qEa; Fri, 19 Jan 96 22:13 MST Sender: owner-paper Received: from ardi.com by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tdVbv-0007qDn; Fri, 19 Jan 96 22:13 MST Path: sloth.swcp.com!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!lynx.unm.edu!fg1.plk.af.mil!news.zynet.com!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!maddog!helberg From: helberg@maddog.fammed.wisc.edu (Clay Helberg) Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor Subject: Re: Trouble running 1.99q w/ Trident 9440AGI Date: 19 Jan 1996 14:40:10 GMT Organization: Research Design and Statistics Unit Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4doaga$14fk@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: <4dneuv$2da@alterdial.UU.NET> Reply-To: helberg@maddog.fammed.wisc.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: maddog.fammed.wisc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] To: executor@ardi.com X-MailNews-Gateway: From newsgroup comp.emulators.mac.executor Sender: owner-paper@ardi.com Precedence: bulk Michael A. Colvin (colvin@prysm.net) wrote: : I've been able to run previous versions of Executor, but I've recently : installed a Trident 9440AGi video board. When I try to run 1.99q, it : throws my screen out of sync! I've tried this under both DOS & : Windows95. Anyone else run into this? BTW, I also tried it with UNIVBE : from the ARDI site with the same results... : Mike Colvin : (colvin@prysm.net) I can run 1.99q on my system (486/66 w/Trident 9440AGi PCI video), and it does that weird thing where the machine goes dead for about 2 mins before it starts, but after the delay everything is ok. So, you might check some other things besides the video card.... --Clay -- Clay Helberg | Internet:helberg@maddog.fammed.wisc.edu Research Design & Statistics Unit | Bitnet: clavius@wiscmacc Schools of Medicine & Nursing | http://maddog.fammed.wisc.edu/~helberg University of Wisconsin-Madison | Speaking only on my own behalf....