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- >>>>> "Orc" == Orc <orc@pell.chi.il.us> writes:
- In article <4gu98c$ene@pell.pell.chi.il.us> orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc) writes:
-
-
- Orc> In article <4grikp$oqm@nntpb.cb.att.com>, Arun Gupta
- Orc> <gupta@mrspock.mt.att.com> wrote:
- >> Nick Kralevich <nickkral@america.CS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
- >>> (on another side note: I've noticed that most of the Mac
- >>> solutions listed in this thread have been purchased solutions,
- >>> not things that came with the system. It seems that the Mac
- >>> solution to a problem is to purchase somthing new, to add
- >>> functionality to the system. The "UNIX solution", on the
- >>> other hand, is to make use of tools that already came with the
- >>> system, and are standard. The Mac solution seems pretty
- >>> backwards to me).
- >>>
- >>> (cc'd to author)
- >> OK, suppose you want to
- >>
- >> a. view a QuickTime movie clip
-
- Orc> Mac-specific format. I'd run Executor.
-
- Executor doesn't yet support QuickTime. Sorry. I think NeXTime does.
-
- >> b. view a PICT file
- Orc> Mac-specific format. I'd run Executor.
-
- David John Burrowes wrote a cool PICT -> EPS converter for NEXTSTEP a
- while back. I believe the code is GPL'd so it can be hacked up for
- non-commercial purposes. There are a bunch of apps that you can run
- under Executor that can help you out here.
-
- >> c. leave a memo with a recording of your voice along with text
- Orc> Well, since Quickmail doesn't exist for Unix, I guess I'd
- Orc> have to look at metamail and see what it's got for that
- Orc> particular sort of benchmark game. Or, if I had a Quickmail
- Orc> license burning a hole in my pocket, I'd run Executor.
-
- I don't believe Quickmail runs under Executor yet, at least not in a
- particularly useful fashion, since Executor itself doesn't talk
- directly to serial ports or networks (you can push stuff through
- serial ports and networks and then feed that to Executor, but that's
- different).
-
- NeXTmail handles voice insertions, though.
-
- >> d. your eyes are feeling strained, you want the computer to
- >> read out text to you.
- Orc> Beats the fuck(*) out of me. I guess I'd run Executor, at
- Orc> least until the people from the insane asylum broke down my
- Orc> door and shipped me off to the home.
-
- Heh. No text to speach in Executor yet, either.
-
- Rewriting the MacOS and Toolbox from scratch (with no peeking at the
- ROMs or System File) is a very large undertaking. Executor is useful
- to some people now and will be useful to more people in the future.
- I'm hoping that by the end of 1996 you'll be able to do all of the
- above, but predicting the future is prone to error -- we certainly
- made major strides in 1995, though.
-
- More information on Executor (including a downloadable demo version)
- can be found on http://www.ardi.com/.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
-