home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- id m0tz3D8-0007qCa; Tue, 19 Mar 96 08:20 MST
- Sender: owner-executor
- Received: by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3)
- id m0tz2yf-0007qWC; Tue, 19 Mar 96 08:05 MST
- Received: by gwar.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3)
- References: <314cf885.1034712@nntp.ix.netcom.com>
- Message-id: <m0tz2xL-000GPWC@gwar.ardi.com>
- Cc: executor@ardi.com
- Subject: Re: QuickDraw or No???
- In-reply-to: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960319022915.917A-100000@starfleet.gov>
- To: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 96 08:04 MST
- From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter)
- Sender: owner-executor@ardi.com
- Precedence: bulk
-
- >>>>> "Donald" == Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> writes:
-
- Donald> These applications work under Executor. I believe there
- Donald> is a switch or text field in the preferences (Cmd-Shift-5)
- Donald> panel that has to do with detecting and handling apps that
- Donald> bypass QuickDraw.
-
- "Refresh" mode is used to handle such apps. Executor has an
- "autorefresh" feature which checks every second or two to see if
- refresh mode needs to be turned on.
-
- Donald> I should warn you though that performance for these apps
- Donald> is poor, especially in X windows based systems. Under
- Donald> E/DOS you can get pretty good performance if you have a
- Donald> video card that can do VESA 2.0 and linear framebuffer, or
- Donald> if you run UniVBE (helpful for older video boards -- it
- Donald> REALLY sped up my older Orchid board).
-
- Yes, it will be very fast. To do this you need not only VBE 2.0's
- linear frame buffer, but also you must run Executor under plain DOS
- using cwsdpmi.exe. Windows and Warp don't implement the DPMI 1.0
- standard which we need to access video hardware more directly.
-
- -Mat
-
-