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Re: QuickTime ? (was Re: True Type Support?)



>>>>> "Carmine" == Carmine Chiancone <chiancon@sc2a.unige.ch> writes:
In article <4l4t6j$o4b@uni2f.unige.ch> chiancon@sc2a.unige.ch (Carmine Chiancone) writes:


    Carmine> In an article, Clifford T. Matthews (ctm@ardi.com) wrote:
    >> (...) In a similar vein we'll probably get QuickTime to work
    >> (it's included with many programs) before we implement our own
    >> version of it.  Beyond getting INITs and CDEVs to work well
    >> enough to run ATM and QuickTime we *may* work on our own
    >> support for the features that ATM and QuickTime present, but
    >> that would have to be done by a separate team of engineers, a
    >> team that we don't yet have.

    Carmine> Would it be possible to use QuickTime for Windows (in
    Carmine> Intel 80x86 executable code) in Executor/DOS, to give Mac
    Carmine> appl. running in Executor the features they need from
    Carmine> QuickTime without having to emulate (time consuming at
    Carmine> the execution level) QuickTime for Mac, neither having to
    Carmine> re-implement (time consuming at development level)
    Carmine> QuickTime for Executor.

    Carmine> But may be I'm missing something. It will propably be
    Carmine> easier to use QuickTime for Windows when there is an
    Carmine> Executor/Windows version.

Right.  Writing "glue" for Executor/Windows so that Mac QuickTime
calls get translated to Windows QuickTime calls is something that we
think is doable without too much work, although until we actually get
our feet wet we won't know for sure.

    Carmine> Needless to say: as almost everybody who tried Executor,
    Carmine> I find it very impressive, even with the current
    Carmine> limitations.

Thank you.  We're trying to expand ARDI so we'll have more engineers
so we can make Executor *much* better in the coming six months.

    Carmine> Carmine Chiancone Uni GE - Chimie Organique


--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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