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- Here it is: I have version 1.99q4 (or is it q5?) of the Executor demo on
- my PC. I've never been able to read/write to Mac floppy disks with it on
- my machine. But tonight I tried something: To actually run it under
- Windows 95 in a DOS box. Previously, I'd always restart the computer in
- DOS-only mode to run Executor because most graphics DOS programs run
- slowly for me under Windows 95. My processor is a Cyrix 486 srx-2 40
- Mhz, which is a chip replacement for a 386sx-20. Anyway, I tried running
- Executor in a DOS box, and it didn't work. In fact, Win95 gave me an
- error message saying Executor tried an "illegal operation" and would be
- terminated. Here's where things get interesting. I then chose "shut
- down" from the Start menu and chose "restart in DOS mode" to run executor
- that way, and I was then able to read a mac-formatted disk! Not only
- that, but I have repeated the experiment and it allows me to format blank
- disks in mac format as well! Although it is kind of a hassle to run
- Executor, wait for the error message, restart in DOS mode, and run
- executor (making sure that when I start executor a mac disk is in the
- drive), it does work. Somehow.
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- Besides this quirk, Executor is a great program. I've been downloading
- software from the Internet and more has worked than not, as long as I
- don't choose something with graphics which are too demanding. I'm
- registering Monday, provided I can get the student rate of $50.
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- Great job ARDI!
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- >From the desk of:
- KK /// EEEEE NN\ NN Ken Long, Cal Poly SLO
- KK/// EE NN\\ NN Political Science
- Clinton/Gore KK\\\ EE~~ NN \\NN klong@violin.aix.calpoly.edu
- Gone in Four! KK \\\ EEEEE NN \NN http://www.calpoly.edu/~klong
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