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Re: Some recent software testing...
>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Romerstein <romer@access.digex.net> writes:
In article <4k4s63$nnf@news4.digex.net> romer@access.digex.net (Dave Romerstein) writes:
Dave> Under E/D 1.99q (I haven't tried q12 yet), I managed to get
Dave> Hellcats Over the Pacific to fly... on the 12 meg 486/66 at
Dave> work it was a little slow, but I'm going to retry it tonite
Dave> on my 16 meg P75 here at home...
Having VESA 2 compatibility probably makes a big difference, too. If
you don't have it and haven't yet tried UniVBE, you should definitely
try UniVBE.
Dave> Also, d/led a couple of toys from our local info-mac mirror
Dave> and found some incompatibilities:
Dave> Zork27M does not accept any keyboard input from
Dave> Executor... makes it tough to quit...
Yes, Think-C text based programs have this problem. It's *NOT* easy
to solve. They patch out some low-level drivers and I wasn't able to
figure out exactly what they're doing.
Dave> Solitaire All Night dumps me to DOS when I try to choose
Dave> another game type..
If that still causes trouble in q12, please capture a backtrace and
send it to us.
Dave> Other than these, I am constantly amazed at
Dave> Executor... since leaving my parent's house (and their
Dave> PowerMac) I've had to do with Mac access... now, playing
Dave> with Executor, I'm starting to remember why I hate Windoze
Dave> <G>
Yeah. Too bad Apple doesn't want their OS to run on Intel based
machines. I think they could give Microsoft a run for the money.
It would be a long hard fight, but they could do it.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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