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Hi guys!

This is going to be my last post for a while (a week, i think), i ll go

on Holidays, so, dont release new versions till i return (  8-)  )



Well, those are the last errors i found in 1.99L (in fact there is only one

and a half). I dont think there would be more errors in 1.99L execept the

apps ones, so when I return i'll dedicate lots of time to try Commercial

and Shareware well Known APPS. Do you have any preferences? From the appsnotes

list i can test the following:



	Excel 4		Macdraw				Norton Ut. 2.0

	Hypercard	Maelstrom (Extensive texted)	Prince of P. (demo)

	Freehand	PageMaker 5			File Maker pro 2.1

and ShareWare APPS in the MACWORLD CD NB1 Spanish version there are a 

lot I cant test and upload What ever U want if U wanna test them too.



Browse errors

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1.- When having an active window (and having opened it in the session,not

stored from past sessions), check for disks and use the hot band left

or rights buttons to desplace between units (So U must have 5 HDs at start

and then insert a DISK and check for files) Executor goes back to DOS

(It's necessery to have the opened window active)



To recreate follow this steps carefully:

	Make sure U have 5 HDs in the hot band and restart Executor

	Open one of these HDs from hot band and dont click anymoure

	Insert a MAC disk, so the left and right buttons of the hot

	band will be useful!

	Press ALT MAYS 2 and then (with the mouse) check for disk

	Making sure the window U opened before is active, click on

	the right or left button of the hot band and U'll be in

	DOS in a second



By the way, doing this several times is a good way to corrupt the

Filesystem!



KEYBOARD ERROR (More a SERIOUS suggestion than a bug, but Maybe not!)

===============

	I hope U consider there are people that dont have English as

their native languaje. This is my case. Spanish keyboard has the 

¤ (pronounced enie), just right from the L, and accents and son on

I dont know how the MACs manage this, but if Executor can't manage

several languajes this could be bad for U (For example, in Spain nobody

would buy E/D to work with, if they cant write their native languaje

correctly) Please consider this.



U can try it doing files like this

Hardware code of Key:Asci Code to print 

or something similar.



Anyway, if U do this a way i can help i dont mind absolutely freely working

on this or what ever U think i can help.





APPS ERROR

============

NORTON UTILITIES 2.0

	Main program: When trying to do something it crashes opening 

	a window plenty of nonsense characters (An Erra¤ljshasaj¤flhas)

	or something like that

  SPEEDISK says

	There is something wrong with the HD, use Norton Disk Doctor

  ENCRYPT says

	You dont have enough privil. to encrypt this folder



MAELSTROM

	A little error: In a real MAC when U get a medical kit, a fire

	feature is added (sometimes) to the spaceship. There is one that

	consist on incrementig the speed of the fire and the lenth it covers

-->    So you can kill everyone pressing and holding pressed the fire key



	But in E/D i have to press and release, I cant hold pressed and get

	this funny fire (obiusly having got the Medic kit and confirmed the

	item it has given to me is the correct one. It has a tree blue dots in 

	vertical:

		o

		o

		o

	  at the right side of the score bar

	The rest seems to work fine (using refresh 5 and sound 0)







QUESTIONS and Suggestions!



	You say in FAQs that after a hackathon period U will be working

during six weeks in beta versions of 2.0. Will this beta version be

available to the public (time limited demo) to help U with the beta test

or not?

	Maybe U can say in FAQ that working with 800Kb MAC diskettes in

a PC is phisically imposible due to Hardware! (No need response to that)



	When U say E/D will support Network support do U wanna mean:

a) Using Ethernet CARD U ll conect throught and ETHERTALK net like a MAC

	and using normal MAC comms software

b) Using serial port and with a PhoneNet adapter connect it to a normal

	Appletalk net (Optimal solution i think)

c) Other (Please especify, i work moslty on Networks)



Is there any other way as well as beta tester (and publicist)

that i can help U with E/D? (I have personal reasons to that, not economical 

or other kind of reasons, and some free time to spend)



And thats all, If nothing strange happens (For example, U answer this

mail today) I'll post next on THursday next Week!!



By the way, i like the ERNST icon!!! but i think U cant use the apple!



				Keep it Up guys!

						Emilio