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- Richard Steiner (rsteiner@skypoint.com) wrote:
-
- : Executor's requirements are somewhat user-configurable through the use
- : of command-line switches, and it might depend to some extent on the
- : version you're using (NextStep, Linux, DOS) and other factors. But it
- : ran here in 8MB fairly well, and now with 20MB it's very fast.
-
- Pardon me for cutting in, and don't get me wrong, it is nothing short of a
- miracle that they can make a Mac emulator at all, but I think you seriously
- overstate it's speed and capabilities. With 8 megs of Ram on a 486 DX4 100,
- it will run Wolfenstein 3-D (in 320x200) like a 286. Don't know what the
- equivalant is for a Mac (A Power PC probably <g>), but it really is pathetic.
- >From what I have seen around here, it will only run about 50% of any of the
- programs people want to run. It's usefulness is not that great right now,
- really. It's a neat toy, a very neat toy, but it's not quite really a full
- blown product right now.
-
- Again, don't get me wrong, C64S, (an emulator for the Commodore 64, which
- runs at a whole 1 Mhz and is ten years old) still doesn't run at full speed
- and it's compatible files percentage is still under 80%. What Ardi has done
- is impressive, but don't overstate it.
-
- Scott
- --
- Scott Hagie - hagie@netcom.com - Sierra Madre, Ca.
- It dropped so low in my regard, that I heard it hit the ground,
- and go to pieces on the stones at the bottom of my mind.
- But I blamed the fate that fractured less, than I reviled myself, for
- entertaining plated wares upon my silver shelf. - Emily Dickinson
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