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1.99q6 is out



Largely 1.99q6 fixes regressions that were introduced in 1.99q5
(although it also fixes some regressions that were introduced
earlier).

Under DOS it also has some modifications related to floppy drive
access.  As such, E/D may be able to read and write Macintosh
formatted floppy drives on the systems where it stopped doing so when
we added sound.  If that isn't the case, a new command line switch can
be used as long as you're not running Windows 3.x.  The switch is
"-blockinterrupts" and it may help people who are having trouble with
Executor reading and writing Macintosh formatted floppies.  It may
also help with CD-ROM or ASPI problems.

I'd very much like to hear from people who used to be able to read and
write Macintosh formatted floppies who found that when we added sound
support we managed to break floppy access.  Specifically I want to
know whether the situation is improved using 1.99q6 without any extra
command line switches and if it's not whether "-blockinterrupts"
helps.

We're now getting to the point where we think we've fixed the vast
majority of regressions.  If you know of any programs that used to
work better in a previous version of Executor than they do under
1.99q6, please send a brief description of the regression to
"bugs@ardi.com".  Make sure you mention which version of Executor (be
specific) the application used to run better under, the nature of the
new problem, and the name and version number of the application in
question.

NOTE: We know there are a bunch of bugs that have been around forever,
and we will be tracking down and fixing many of them before Executor 2
ships, but right now I'm *only* concerned with regressions.

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com

[For those of you new to the list, the q6 patches can be found somewhere
 in the BleedingEdge subdirectory of ftp.ardi.com:/pub or in the
BleedingEdge of ftp.ardi.com's primary mirror -- vorlon.mit.edu:/pub/ardi]


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