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Applications list plus a couple of questions...




Hi,
please forgive this if it is an FAQ...

I was so taken by executor that I have just ordered a copy for 
my home system :)

I've just installed Word 5.1 in my evaluation copy (E-DOS)
here at work, and it seems to work very well, so I know I bought well.

However the target platform I am running on at home will be linux.

I tried the Linux X version but it appears to be much slower than the DOS 
one - I have 52Mb of RAM under Linux, but only 256kb of cache.

Will upgrading the cache improve performance much with E-linux?

Also, will running Executor in mono speed it up as well?
How do I set it to mono?

The way I use it is to display the pseudo-mac on my SPARC X-console,
this seems to work well - and there seems to be no performance difference
using it either on the Linux X console or on the SPARC via X protocol.
I don't wish to run X servers on Linux as it is meant to be a file 
server, not a workstation...

When I displayed executor on a PC X server (MSDOS), however, performance 
dropped quite a bit.  Why would this be?

All my displays on Linux and the PC X server are 8 bit (generic SVGA), 
and on the SPARC as a cg3...

of course I did not bother to try spawning multiple sessions, because 
linux won't handle it, but I would like to speed up video performance.
What is the best way to do this?

Finally, is there a list of applications known to run on executor?
(yes I know Word 5 does)

I am *not* interested in games, but useful software, and something like 
Photoshop would be nice ;)

What about Excel or Powerpoint? 

(I really hate Macs and MS products BTW, but I need 
 portability for work matters)

I know in any respect, I will be very happy with my purchase - even if I 
can only run MSWerd (sic)

What a great product!
(the cheque is already on it's way!!!)

My slogan - 
"Executor: the Mac you have when you really don't want to have a Mac" 
or
"An Executor today keeps the Apple away"

;)

rachel

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Rachel Polanskis           UWS Nepean, PO Box 10 Kingswood NSW 2747
Library Systems            Ph: 02 852 5899 
Software Support           r.polanskis@nepean.uws.edu.au 
Nepean Library             http://www.nepean.uws.edu.au/library/




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