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Re: Licensed MacOS or rewrite?



>>>>> "PurdyM" == PurdyM  <purdym@aol.com> writes:

    PurdyM> I don't understand if executor is a mac emulator with a
    PurdyM> copy of MacOS placed on top of it or a rewrite of the
    PurdyM> MacOS to work on a PC...

Executor is a 680x0 emulator plus a "clean room" rewrite of the MacOS.
You don't need a copy of Apple's MacOS to run Executor, although
eventually we'll make that an option so you can get really good
compatibility.

We've done the MacOS rewrite in such a way that it can be ported to
various machines.  Executor currently runs on x86 PC's and m68k-based
NeXTstations; in the past we've had it running Mac binaries on a DEC
Alpha.  In the days when ARDI just had a source-compatibility library
it was ported to numerous other now obscure machines.

-Mat


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