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Re: Count the number of setup newsgroups
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To: executor@ardi.com
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Subject: Re: Count the number of setup newsgroups
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From: Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com>
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Date: 28 Feb 1996 07:26:17 -0700
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In-reply-to: orc@pell.chi.il.us's message of 26 Feb 1996 22:44:28 -0800
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.emulators.mac.executor
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Organization: ARDI
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>>>>> "Orc" == Orc <orc@pell.chi.il.us> writes:
In article <4gu98c$ene@pell.pell.chi.il.us> orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc) writes:
Orc> In article <4grikp$oqm@nntpb.cb.att.com>, Arun Gupta
Orc> <gupta@mrspock.mt.att.com> wrote:
>> Nick Kralevich <nickkral@america.CS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>>> (on another side note: I've noticed that most of the Mac
>>> solutions listed in this thread have been purchased solutions,
>>> not things that came with the system. It seems that the Mac
>>> solution to a problem is to purchase somthing new, to add
>>> functionality to the system. The "UNIX solution", on the
>>> other hand, is to make use of tools that already came with the
>>> system, and are standard. The Mac solution seems pretty
>>> backwards to me).
>>>
>>> (cc'd to author)
>> OK, suppose you want to
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>> a. view a QuickTime movie clip
Orc> Mac-specific format. I'd run Executor.
Executor doesn't yet support QuickTime. Sorry. I think NeXTime does.
>> b. view a PICT file
Orc> Mac-specific format. I'd run Executor.
David John Burrowes wrote a cool PICT -> EPS converter for NEXTSTEP a
while back. I believe the code is GPL'd so it can be hacked up for
non-commercial purposes. There are a bunch of apps that you can run
under Executor that can help you out here.
>> c. leave a memo with a recording of your voice along with text
Orc> Well, since Quickmail doesn't exist for Unix, I guess I'd
Orc> have to look at metamail and see what it's got for that
Orc> particular sort of benchmark game. Or, if I had a Quickmail
Orc> license burning a hole in my pocket, I'd run Executor.
I don't believe Quickmail runs under Executor yet, at least not in a
particularly useful fashion, since Executor itself doesn't talk
directly to serial ports or networks (you can push stuff through
serial ports and networks and then feed that to Executor, but that's
different).
NeXTmail handles voice insertions, though.
>> d. your eyes are feeling strained, you want the computer to
>> read out text to you.
Orc> Beats the fuck(*) out of me. I guess I'd run Executor, at
Orc> least until the people from the insane asylum broke down my
Orc> door and shipped me off to the home.
Heh. No text to speach in Executor yet, either.
Rewriting the MacOS and Toolbox from scratch (with no peeking at the
ROMs or System File) is a very large undertaking. Executor is useful
to some people now and will be useful to more people in the future.
I'm hoping that by the end of 1996 you'll be able to do all of the
above, but predicting the future is prone to error -- we certainly
made major strides in 1995, though.
More information on Executor (including a downloadable demo version)
can be found on http://www.ardi.com/.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com