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ANNOUNCE E/DOS 1.99q8 [runs under Windows NT]



Hi Folks,

I know it hasn't been long since we released 1.99q7 and that 1.99q7
promised to help with the great Mac media accessing problems that some
of you have been having, and that 1.99q7 helped some but not others,
but 1.99q8 is now available for DOS, and it *doesn't* help with the
great Mac media accessing problems.

Basically the problems with Executor accessing Mac formatted floppies,
hard disks and CD-ROMs are in my domain, and since 1.99q7 didn't fix
all of the problems, I've had to go back to the drawing board.  In the
meantime, Mat has been working full-throttle and he's added two new
pieces of functionality:

	by working around a bug in Windows NT, Executor/DOS now runs
	on that platform

	on systems where the VESA 2 driver shows that there are 24-bit
	DACs present, Executor uses them

ftp://vorlon.mit.edu/pub/ARDI/BleedingEdge/DOS/exec19q8.zip is the
best place to grap 1.99q8.  After the other mirrors pick it up we'll
adjust our Web pages to point to it, but you have to fetch it by hand
until then.

ftp://ftp.ardi.com/pub/BleedingEdge/DOS/exec19q8.zip is where it lives
on our system, but we *greatly* encourage you to pick it up from
vorlon.mit.edu.

There will be no q8 release for non-DOS systems.  There are a few bug
fixes in 1.99q8, but we'll have 1.99q9 or 1.99r out fairly soon
anyway.

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com

Here's the beginning of the README associated with 1.99q8:

exec19q8.zip contains a new executor.exe which brings 1.99q up to
1.99q8.  There have not been many changes to Executor beyond 1.99q7,
so don't expect many bugs to have been fixed.  However, 1.99q8 has two
features that some people will find handy:

        Executor/DOS 1.99q8 runs under Windows NT

        Executor/DOS 1.99q8 takes advantage of 24-bit DACs on systems
        that have 24-bit DACs and a VESA 2 driver

NOTE: Executor/DOS under Windows NT is not able to access Mac
formatted CD-ROMs or hard drives and floppy access sometimes results
in a "ghost" floppy appearing.  Executor normally uses a 1024 Hz clock
internally to simulate a 60 Hz clock and schedule interrupts at
millisecond granulatiry, but under Windows NT the 1024 Hz clock is not
available, so an 18.2 Hz clock is used instead.