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Re: New checked applications



>>>>> "Georg" == Georg Bauer <Georg_Bauer@ms3.maus.westfalen.de> writes:
In article <199604091643.a11554@ms3.maus.de> Georg_Bauer@ms3.maus.westfalen.de (Georg Bauer) writes:


    Georg> Hi!  Following applications seem to work, or at least do
    Georg> something more than just go boom ;-)

    Georg> - MuPad 1.2.1beta a Starts up, can save files, can load
    Georg> saved files. Startup with a file directly doesn't work - I
    Georg> get an error that something was sent to a null object. No
    Georg> idea if that's really executor, or if that's just a bug in
    Georg> MuPad (system 7 and all pretends checked)

In general, if you get an error it's Executor's fault.  There are
always a few exceptions but unless you have a chance to run an app on
a Mac and see that it gets the same error you should assume that the
error is Executor's fault.

    Georg> - The demo CD of Objectstore "presenting Objectstore" - a
    Georg> multimedia CD - works. No idea if sound works, I have no
    Georg> soundblaster, but everything else works - it's slow, but it
    Georg> works! Great :-)

Neat.

    Georg> - Mausefalle (a offlinereader for a local german BBS
    Georg> network) works to some degree - it isn't able to create
    Georg> it's database, but I don't know if that's just a bug in
    Georg> Mausefalle. But the program is able to start (system 7 and
    Georg> all 4 pretends checked) and to show messages or write new
    Georg> messages.

I'm not sure what it means to be able to write new messages but not
create its database but, again, I'd assume the problem is Executor's.

    Georg> - MacGambit and Thomas still have problems. They give three
    Georg> beeps on startup and then are unable to allocate space for
    Georg> constants. No idea how to get further, since I only get a
    Georg> simle dialog from the program. Maybe Ardi could look into
    Georg> it?

We spent some time looking int MacGambit.  The problem is that they
want to rearrange how memory is laid out.  On a real Mac this is a
slighly dicey thing to do although it works.  Under Executor it causes
too much trouble.  We could support this but there would be too much
possibility of introducing subtle bugs that affect other programs for
us to do this right now as we're getting ready for E2.

    Georg> bye, Georg

Thanks for the comments.

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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