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[DOS] Bug Fix for 1.2a + Tip + grabbing stuff via ftp
Hi Folks,
If you've picked up 1.2a, you'll notice that Lemmings no longer runs.
The problem is with the new version of the DOS extender that we're
using (that's the file "executor.exe"). After you've installed 1.2a,
remove /executor/executor.exe and then move /executor/go32.bak to
/executor/executor.exe.
In addition to finding this incompatibility, I also found out why the
StuffIt utilities were working under Executor/NEXTSTEP, but not
Executor/DOS. The problem has been fixed and Executor/DOS 1.2b
should run the StuffIt utilities. I hope to have 1.2b out tomorrow,
but if I can't get it out then, it will have to wait until Tuesday.
Here's the tip: if you're out grabbing stuff from ftp sites and
bulletin boards and running it under Executor (*much* more stuff runs
under 1.2a than under stock 1.2) and you get cryptic error messages,
try running with "Pretend Sound" enabled. An example of a program
that will not run unless you have "Pretend Sound" enabled is PGA Tour
Golf (it also will need the old version of the DOS extender). You
can pick up a demo version of PGA golf from
wuarchive.wustl.edu:systems/mac/umich.edu/game/demo/pgatourgolfdemo.cp
t.hqx (you don't need to use BINARY mode because it's an "hqx" file).
If you've never used wuarchive before, it's easy to do, except you
may need to try connecting a half dozen times before you get through.
Since the files are in ".hqx" format, you can just bring them over to
your DOS filesystem and then run Compact Pro (if it's a .cpt.hqx file
-- you'll need UnStuffIt for .sit.hqx, but UnStuffIt won't work until
Executor 1.2b is out), then use HFS_XFer to copy the .hqx file into
one of your .hfv drives, then use the "Convert FROM BinHex 4" from
the "Misc" directory, then use the "Open ..." item from the "File"
menu to open up the "cpt" file that the conversion leaves for you,
then "Select All" and "Extract".
Those directions may sound difficult, but once you've done it a few
times, you'll see that you can bring over a bunch of files and un-hqx
them and uncompact pro (and unstuff, soon) them fairly easy. You may
want to check the various 00index files to see which applications
require color before you bring them over. We won't have rudimentary
color support that you can play with for a few more weeks now.
If you have questions, be sure to send them to "questions@ardi.com".
Vaune Fischer will respond; These days I'm spending almost all of my
time working on 1.2, rather than answering e-mail.
--Cliff