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- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 18:11:28 -0600
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- From: pgunn01@ibm.net[SMTP:pgunn01@ibm.net]
- Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 1996 11:38 PM
- To: executor@ardi.com
- Subject: Re: Win 95/NT Executor
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- >OK, I couldn't resist. How about this: emulate Mac programs *only*, =
- i.e.=20
- >forget about the Finder, etc., and rely on the Win95 shell instead.=20
- >Ideally, one would double-click on a Mac application existing as a =
- file,=20
- >or set of files, in the DOS file system (with long file names), and=20
- >Executor would be invoked, providing (1) 680x0 emulation, and (2)=20
- >rerouting / execution of Toolbox calls. Sort of like OS/2's "seamless=20
- >Windows" integration.
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- *GRRRR* No! :) OS/2 users, X users, and those remaining of the DOS
- faithful ... we will not be happy with a W95 shell.
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- Pat Gunn, a SLBBS Sysop and member of TeamOS/2,
- User of NT, OS/2, PC-DOS7, Linux, etc. My homepage is =
- http://ftp.apk.net/~qc
- Fan of Executor, a Mac emulator for DOS, Linux, and NeXT (see =
- http://www.ardi.com)
- And then came the godly NEKO, a flying first strike 32/32 black creature
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- You say you use NT? I'm sure you're aware that NT is getting the new =
- look, so Executor would then integrate with NT (You can download the =
- shell for 3.51). Also, integrating with the shell allows for seamless =
- integration. See, allot of people who use Mac software are teachers and =
- students, and from my experience, the tend to be computer-illiterate. =
- It would be too confusing for them to try to learn multiple interfaces. =
- Also, integrating with the shell allows applications for Windows to read =
- Mac diskettes (Using an Installable File System, again, to be in WinNT =
- 4.0 and later). Those are just some of the advantages of integrating =
- with the shell.
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- I'm sure you know the other advantages for running on the Windows =
- desktop, such as Windows<=3D=3D> Mac clipboard, Mac windows on the same =
- desktop, and seamless multitasking.
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- I guess for those of you who actually **want** the Mac Finder or ARDIs =
- Browser running under a GUI version of Executor, I guess you could have =
- ARDI set it as an option, just have them switch the command line =
- switches (-nobrowser to -browser).
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- -=3DDan Guisinger=3D-
- CEO Dan Guisinger
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