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- From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews)
- To: executor@ardi.com,executor-announce@ardi.com
- Subject: ANNOUNCE: 1.99q9 is out for DOS, Linux and NEXTSTEP
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-
- 1.99q8 used some new video driver handling code that caused at least
- one customer's video monitor to get thrown into a bad mode. We have
- removed the offending code and released 1.99q9. There are some other
- bug-fixes added although there are still many critical/high bugs
- pending.
-
- ftp://vorlon.mit.edu/pub/ardi/BleedingEdge contains DOS, NEXTSTEP and
- Linux subdirectories. Within them you'll find the .zip or .tar.gz
- file that will bring 1.99q up to 1.99q9. Our other mirrors will have
- the new BleedingEdge files in a day or two.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
- >From DOS/README:
-
- exec19q9.zip should work a little nicer under Windows NT. We have
- also removed some fancy video driver code that we added to 1.99q8 that
- caused bad side-effects on some machines.
-
- NOTE: Be sure to configure Executor so that it starts out in
- full-screen mode. If you do not do this, Executor may behave
- unpredictably. Switching out of Executor with Alt-TAB or Alt-Enter
- may not work, or may leave cruft on the screen when you get back. If
- it does, Cmd-Shift-7 can be used to force Executor to repaint the
- screen.
-
- Changes in 1.99q9:
-
- Realmz 2.5 should now work (make sure sound is off).
-
- Added "-desperate" switch which can be used as an act of
- desperation to turn off as much auto-detection and standard
- features as possible to see if a stripped down version of
- Executor will work when the default version doesn't.
-
- Added "-vga" which forces Executor to use original VGA video
- modes instead of attempting to use SVGA video modes which
- fail on some systems.
-
- Added Cmd-Shift-7 FKEY which repaints the screen.
-
- Fixed a memory leak in DrawPicture.
-
- Fixed VGA-mode scrolling bug that affected Lemmings.
-
- Fixed a menu manager bug that affected Realmz and FA-18.
-
- Fixed bug in new standard dialog routines.
-
- Fixed sound manager bugs so Bolo 0.997 will run.
-
- Fixed window manager so windows with custom parts will work
- correctly.
-
- Fixed sound manager bug that was preventing Beebop 2 from
- working.
-
- Allow -debug trace.
-
- Fixed NEXTSTEP specific memory leak.
-
- Eliminated "Ghost Floppy" that sometimes appeared under
- Windows NT.
-
- End
-
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