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Executor with System 7.5



>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Tooke <simon@sco.COM> writes:
In article <DLyCw8.C92@sco.COM> simon@sco.COM (Simon Tooke) writes:

    Simon> In <ufpwc7p7mx.fsf@ftp.ardi.com> Clifford T. Matthews
    Simon> <ctm@ardi.com> writes:
    Cliff> We wrote Executor, a Macintosh emulator that allows PCs to run
    Cliff> much 68k Macintosh software, and it does so faster on entry
    Cliff> level Pentiums than any 68k based Macintosh Apple ever
    Cliff> released.

    Cliff> We did this all without any help from Apple and we do not use
    Cliff> any of Apple's ROMs or System file, ...
                [snip]

    Simon> What if you just emulated the raw Mac (ROMS only) and asked
    Simon> users to go buy System 7.5 themselves?

    Cliff> We plan to do something like this in a future version of Executor.
    Cliff> We're hoping to have that version out by the end of this year.  We
    Cliff> already have much of the infrastructure in place to do this.

How about setting up Executor in a similar way to ShapeShifter, (one of the
best emulators for Amiga).  With this emulator, users have to make a Mac
"ROM image" from a real Mac, and buy 7.1 (or higher) System software.

On another note: On my Mac, I have replaced the "Finder" with Executor's
"Browser", under System 7.1!  It actually works quite well, although I have
no desktop, of course.

Regards,
Adam Watkins