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- >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Koftinoff <jeffk@awinc.com> writes:
-
- >> >The CD-ROMs will be in a jewelbox and have a 32-page
- >> mini-manual that >explains how to install Executor and briefly
- >> describes how to operate >it. That will be supplemented by
- >> on-line documentation that covers >use in depth and also has
- >> technical information for programmers.
- >>
-
- Jeff> Cool! technical information! Does this mean, the I, as a mac
- Jeff> programmer can write software that would be able to 'know'
- Jeff> that it is running executor, and possibly do executor/386
- Jeff> specific things?
-
- Yes, that is our goal. Tentatively we'll use gestalt to build a
- virtual gestalt call that will tell you stuff about the environment of
- the emulator as opposed to the normal gestalt which returns
- information about the emulated environment. One of the pieces of
- information you'll be able to get will be how to jump into native
- code. This will allow people to make versions of Mac programs with
- x86 speedups for compute intensive parts.
-
- We know how we're going to do this, but we haven't gotten around to it
- yet.
-
- Jeff> I did this on the Mac Emulator for the Atari ST in 1988 - My
- Jeff> software was able to determine that it was running under the
- Jeff> Mac OS on an Atari and then the software would access the
- Jeff> Atari's MIDI port and timer hardware directly. Of course on
- Jeff> a real mac it would work as well via the Mac hardware.
-
- Jeff> There are lots of fun things that could be done. But please
- Jeff> don't delay 2.0 too much.
-
- Right, it's a tricky tradeoff. Theoretically we are adding no new
- functionality between now and E 2 beta, but this one's been on the
- board for a while, so will probably appear in 1.99p7 or 1.99q.
-
- Jeff> Best Regards
-
- Jeff> -------------------------------------------------------
- Jeff> ---------- Jeff Koftinoff --- jeffk@awinc.com --------- ---
- Jeff> Internet Monitoring and Filtering Software --- ---
- Jeff> Multimedia and Embedded Systems Programming --- ---
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- Jeff> -------------------------------------------------------
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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