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Re: Licensed MacOS or rewrite?
>>>>> "PurdyM" == PurdyM <purdym@aol.com> writes:
PurdyM> I don't understand if executor is a mac emulator with a
PurdyM> copy of MacOS placed on top of it or a rewrite of the
PurdyM> MacOS to work on a PC...
Executor is a 680x0 emulator plus a "clean room" rewrite of the MacOS.
You don't need a copy of Apple's MacOS to run Executor, although
eventually we'll make that an option so you can get really good
compatibility.
We've done the MacOS rewrite in such a way that it can be ported to
various machines. Executor currently runs on x86 PC's and m68k-based
NeXTstations; in the past we've had it running Mac binaries on a DEC
Alpha. In the days when ARDI just had a source-compatibility library
it was ported to numerous other now obscure machines.
-Mat
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