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Re: FoxPro 2.5 on Executor
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Codanti <Michael@civis.com> writes:
Michael> I am trying to install Microsoft FoxPro 2.5 and having
Michael> some problems. I am using Executor 1.99p5.
Michael> FoxPro itself installed but said I need to install the
Michael> "Apple Shared Library Manager" (which is included with
Michael> FoxPro)
Michael> I have a 486DX2/66 with 16megs of RAM, 500 meg IDE drive,
Michael> and a Genoa Phantom 64 video card, running Windows 95.
Michael> When trying to install the "Apple Shared Library Manager"
Michael> under Windows 95 I get a:
Michael> General Protection Fault at eip=008004dd eax=0000000f
Michael> ebx=0000a346 ecx=001a7e00 edx=00000002 esi=00843b34
Michael> edi=07fff6ce ebp=001a7e90 esp=001eb304 cs=00af ds=00b7
Michael> es=00b7 fs=00ff gs=00d7 ss=00b7 Call frame traceback
Michael> EIPs: 0x008004dd
I can't figure out what's gone wrong here. That EIP doesn't look
legitimate but there's no way of telling how it got there.
Michael> When trying to install the "Apple Shared Library Manager"
Michael> with the "-system 7" option under Windows 95 I get a:
Michael> General Protection Fault at eip=0010a62e eax=00f94e01
Michael> ebx=0088d124 ecx=0048e42c edx=00000008 esi=008dc81c
Michael> edi=00000000 ebp=001ebdb0 esp=001ebda0 cs=00af ds=00b7
Michael> es=00b7 fs=00ff gs=00d7 ss=00b7 Call frame traceback
Michael> EIPs: 0x0010a62e 0x000e5029 0x000e5013 0x000e5013
Michael> 0x000e50c0 0x000e5282 0x0001deeb 0x000a96a6 0x000a974d
Michael> 0x000b5f2d 0x000b6159
This makes a little more sense, but it looks like the installer is
deciding that since you have System 7, it can spawn another task,
which in reality, it can't do under Executor.
Michael> When trying to install the "Apple Shared Library Manager"
Michael> either way after booting to DOS, after I double click on
Michael> the installer and it crunches the floppy for a long time
Michael> it just returns to the browser but the icon for the
Michael> installer changed to color from black-and-white.
Michael> Any chance that I can get the ASLM installed and try
Michael> FoxPro out?
It doesn't look good. I think we would need to purchase a copy of
FoxPro and fiddle with it for an extended time before we could even
tell whether or not it was possible to get it going quickly, but we
will not have the resources to do that before 2.0 ships.
Michael> Thanks,
Michael> Michael Codanti
I don't like admitting defeat, but if we really want to get as many
things runnings as soon as possible, the best strategy is to
productize Executor 2.0 and get some sales in so we can hire more
engineers. Unfortunately this means we have to make decisions that we
don't like.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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