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- From: Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com>
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- >>>>> "Joe" == Joe Ragosta <jragosta@dca.net> writes:
- In article <jragosta-1206960923450001@news.dca.net> jragosta@dca.net (Joe Ragosta) writes:
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- Joe> In article
- Joe> <Pine.Sola.3.91.960610110740.15928A-100000@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu>,
- Joe> tokarek ryan matthew <tokarek@students.uiuc.edu> wrote:
-
- >> Executor does not emulate the Mac OS in any way. It provides
- >> the ability to run some Mac applications (some of those that
- >> are compatible with System 6).
- >>
- >> The current version of SoftWindows will run programs that will
- >> run on Windows95, and runs Windows 95.
- >>
- >> There is a huge disparity between the respective "emulation"
- >> packages.
-
- Joe> Then, there's the simplist disparity of all. Executor does
- Joe> _not_ run MacOS--it merely runs some Mac apps. SoftWindows
- Joe> _does_ run Windows.
-
- MacOS is a trademark of Apple Computer. Executor doesn't run MacOS
- because it uses its own replacement OS (a virtual OS that runs on top
- of other OSes, although a standalone version could be made if there
- were interest). There are many pieces of MacOS that Executor doesn't
- yet support and there are some that are supported but that have bugs
- or that work as MacOS is documented, but not exactly as how it works
- in real life, but the idea that Executor is a "mere" program launcher
- is mistaken.
-
- In fact, one way to look at is that Executor *emulates* MacOS, but
- doesn't run it, while SoftWindows emulates PC hardware and runs
- Windows (actually Insignia has done a lot of translation of key
- routines to run natively, so in many cases they too are emulating the
- OS rather than running it). The Mac OS that Executor emulates is
- closer to System 6 w/o MultiFinder with respect to multiple apps
- running, but is closer to System 7 in things like 32-bit Color
- QuickDraw emulation.
-
-
- >> According to what I have heard, there are very few mainstream
- >> apps that don't run on Insignia's PC emulator (with thier newer
- >> version).
- >>
- >> Many mainstream apps won't run on Executor.
-
- Joe> Not to mention that the apps which _do_ run are missing many
- Joe> essential services--I don't remember the details, but I think
- Joe> it's simple things like networking, printing, etc.
-
- Networking, INIT and CDEV support, scripting, low-level device access
- and internationalization are all things currently missing in Executor.
- None of those are beyond our ability to implement, but up until now we
- haven't had enough engineers to tackle everything at once. Actuallly,
- right now we still don't have those engineers, but Executor 2 will be
- going on sale soon and we're hoping sales will be enough so that we
- can increase our engineering staff.
-
- Considering that Executor 2 will have a street price just slightly
- above Mac-in-DOS, an app that reads and writes Mac formatted media
- (something Executor does in addition to running apps), I think we'll
- do pretty well.
-
- More information about Executor can be found at http://www.ardi.com/.
-
-
- Joe> -- Regards, Joe Ragosta
-
- Joe> Copyright Joseph M. Ragosta, 1996. Non-exclusive, royalty
- Joe> free license to distribute this post granted to any service
- Joe> provider except Microsoft. By posting this, Microsoft agrees
- Joe> to pay $1,000 per posting.
-
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
-