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- Subject: ANNOUNCE: 1.99q10 is released [for DOS only]
- To: executor@ardi.com,executor-announce@ardi.com
- From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter)
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 96 17:03 MST
- Sender: owner-executor@ardi.com
- Precedence: bulk
-
- We are especially interested in feedback related to floppy disk access
- and sound quality. What follows is the README for 1.99q10.
-
- -Mat
-
-
-
- 1.99q10 is a "bleeding edge" update for 1.99q. You must already have
- 1.99q or later installed before you can install the 1.99q10 upgrade.
- 1.99q10 is a DOS-only upgrade, since most of the changes were
- DOS-specific.
-
- 1.99q10 is now available in
- ftp://ftp.ardi.com/pub/BleedingEdge/DOS/exec9q10.zip and its primary
- mirror, ftp://vorlon.mit.edu/pub/ardi/BleedingEdge/DOS/exec9q10.zip.
- Other mirror sites will pick it up within the next few days. If
- you're using www.ardi.com to download this version, we recommend you
- try the Massachusetts site first.
-
- NOTE to WinNT users: Be sure to configure Executor so that it starts
- out in full-screen mode. If you do not do this, Executor may behave
- unpredictably. Some WinNT users will need "executor -vga". If
- problems persist, try "executor -desperate".
-
- Changes in 1.99q10:
-
- Executor uses a new sound library which should sound better and
- cause fewer floppy access problems on some systems.
-
- Executor's timer code has been modified so Executor should run
- faster (about as fast as with "-oldtimer"). This change might
- also fix some floppy access problems.
-
- The jerky screen fades problem in Lemmings has been fixed.
- This only affected some systems, mostly those without UniVBE.
-
- 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.
-
- Below is the README for 1.99q8.
-
- ============================================================================
-
- exec19q8.zip contains a new executor.exe which brings 1.99q up to
- 1.99q8. There have not been many changes to Executor beyond 1.99q7,
- so don't expect many bugs to have been fixed. However, 1.99q8 has two
- features that some people will find handy:
-
- Executor/DOS 1.99q8 runs under Windows NT
-
- Executor/DOS 1.99q8 takes advantage of 24-bit DACs on systems
- that have 24-bit DACs and a VESA 2 driver
-
- NOTE: Executor/DOS under Windows NT is not able to access Mac
- formatted CD-ROMs or hard drives and floppy access sometimes results
- in a "ghost" floppy appearing. Executor normally uses a 1024 Hz clock
- internally to simulate a 60 Hz clock and schedule interrupts at
- millisecond granulatiry, but under Windows NT the 1024 Hz clock is not
- available, so an 18.2 Hz clock is used instead.
-
- Below is the README from 1.99q7 since 1.99q8 is so similar to 1.99q7.
-
- ============================================================================
-
- exec19q7.zip contains a new executor.exe which brings 1.99q up to
- 1.99q7. Executor/DOS 1.99q7 fixes several problems in 1.99q6:
-
- 1) You can now capture a crash traceback to a file, with:
-
- executor > crash
-
- If Executor dies, the file "crash" will contain information
- that ARDI engineers can use to (sometimes) identify and fix
- the problem.
-
- 2) Performance slowdowns introduced in 1.99q are fixed.
-
- 3) Disk support has been substantially improved. If you've had
- trouble accessing floppies, CD-ROMs, or SCSI disks, this
- version may help. We are especially interested in feedback
- on disk troubles.
-
- 4) Some sound cards would cause Executor to hang on startup.
- Executor will now detect such cards and ignore them.
-
- 5) More printing fixes.
-
- 6) Some miscellaneous bugs were fixed, including a bug preventing
- OpenProlog from working.
-
-