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possible bug/regression in q6??? (hope not!)
I just upgraded to both DOS and Linux versions of q6. And I definitely
notice some differences between q5 and q6. Nothing changed except the
version of the Executor binary. My CPU, disk, memory, etc...
everything's the same. So (IMHO) the only thing that can account for
these differences is the q6 upgrade.
I mainly use Executor to play games. OK, I know this is not "real" work,
and probably takes low priority over there at ARDI, but I just happen to
like a lot of Mac games better than PC games, and there are some Mac game
favorites of mine that I can't find good PC equivalents for.
Eventually I'll be using it for "real" work under Linux, since good GUI
word processors/spreadsheets/etc. aren't available for it, but
unfortunately I haven't had a chance to go back to my parent's house
(where I left my old Mac software -- I used to have a Mac) and pick up my
old copies of Word, Excel, etc.
But anyway, here's what I noticed:
* Sound sounds rougher, though still intelligible. What I mean by
"rougher" is that the sounds sound grainier, and have more choppy
"pauses" in them.
* Cursor movement is jerky. I noticed this only in Spaceward Ho!, since
it's the only game that uses the mouse pointer (other games like Solarian,
Maelstrom, etc. don't, and blank it out).
* The "fast action" games I play (e.g. Solarian and Maelstrom), i.e. the
ones that use heavy screen action and animation, etc., are slower and
jerkier. Still playable, but definitely slower.
Again, nothing has changed between q5 and q6 except Executor itself -- my
computer still has the same CPU, RAM, etc. I still use the same old
batch file to start up Executor. I haven't even installed any new
software (other than the q6 upgrade).
I didn't (wasn't able) to test this under E/Linux, since I run FreeBSD,
which doesn't support use of the sound driver under Linux emulation,
and I consider (most) games without sound to be somewhat pointless.
However, I did run Spacware ho! under FreeBSD, and it seemed to run OK,
maybe even a bit faster. Odd...
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