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Received: from tin (tin.monsanto.com [137.35.4.90]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA29939 for <executor@nacm.com>; Tue, 17 Oct 1995 09:22:14 -0700 Received: from ccgw2dtmp.monlan.com by tin (5.65/Monsanto1.7) id AA21599; Tue, 17 Oct 1995 11:22:05 -0500 Received: from cc:Mail SMTPLINK 2.1 by ccmail.monsanto.com id AA813948631; Tue, 17 Oct 95 09:15:54 cst Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 09:15:54 cst From: "Administrator" <Administrator_at_AESUSA00@ccmail.monsanto.com> Message-Id: <9509178139.AA813948631@ccmail.monsanto.com> To: executor@nacm.com Subject: Message not deliverable Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk executor-digest Friday, 13 October 1995 Volume 01 : Number 298 In this issue: Re: executor-digest V1 #296 Re: Dos Drives still fail in 1.99p2 :( Re: Dos Drives still fail in 1.99p2 :( forwarded message from Jerry Foglesong executor-linux 1.99p and microsoft word 5.0a 1.99p2 does not work well with MS Word 5.1 Marathon good job! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Renald@aol.com Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 23:14:46 -0400 Subject: Re: executor-digest V1 #296 On Wed, 11 Oct 1995 Jean-Christophe "Jice" Cardot wrote: >Do you know about a picture viewer (gif, jpg, pic) >that is able to run under executor ? I've tried many, gotten from the >net but could'nt find one which doesn't tell me "I need system 7" :) Try not to laugh, but the America Online mac software has the ability to display jpg and gif. I was able to view a 256 grey-scale jpg but since executor doesn't support more than 256 colors (as far as I know) I was unable to view any color photos. It may not be the greatest viewer but its free and it runs without a problem on exec199p. Joe Feldman ------------------------------ From: guardian@inetnebr.com (Seth Crews) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 00:19:09 -0500 Subject: Re: Dos Drives still fail in 1.99p2 :( >Just a quick note to the Mail List readers, >I install the 1.99p2 bleeding edge executor.exe, >but I am still experiencing (sp?) a massive slowdown when accessing >dos drives. c: d: e: etc. executor drives are still okay. >anyone else having the same responses? thanks >os: win95 and dos6.2 >ram:16MB >HD:550 ide > >Mark Skinner >marksk@atmnet.com >Customer Support >619-457-2111 ext 249 > > Yes! I have the same prob. I've got a 100mhz pentium with 16 meg of memory and a Gig hard drive... Even just opening the C:\ directory with about 13 directory's and 5 or 6 files slows it to a crawl.. the mouse skips around the screen, and it has taken as long as 2 min. ------------------------------ From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 95 01:34 MDT Subject: Re: Dos Drives still fail in 1.99p2 :( >>>>> "Seth" == Seth Crews <guardian@inetnebr.com> writes: >> Just a quick note to the Mail List readers, I install the >> 1.99p2 bleeding edge executor.exe, but I am still experiencing >> (sp?) a massive slowdown when accessing dos drives. c: d: e: >> etc. executor drives are still okay. anyone else having the >> same responses? thanks os: win95 and dos6.2 ram:16MB HD:550 >> ide Seth> Yes! I have the same prob. I've got a 100mhz pentium with Seth> 16 meg of memory and a Gig hard drive... Even just opening Seth> the C:\ directory with about 13 directory's and 5 or 6 files Seth> slows it to a crawl.. the mouse skips around the screen, Seth> and it has taken as long as 2 min. I'm a bit behind in my e-mail. I should have sent e-mail acknowledging the problem as soon as the first report came in, but I was hoping to have a fix that I could mention. No fix yet though. I suspect I know what's going on. I'll send another message to this list when I have more information. Sorry about that. - --Cliff ------------------------------ From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 95 08:55 MDT Subject: forwarded message from Jerry Foglesong This is certainly helpful, although it also seems kind of bizarre. - ------- start of forwarded message (RFC 934 encapsulation) ------- Return-Path: <oboe.aix.calpoly.edu!jfogleso> Received: by mailhost (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0t3kRr-000YcAC; Fri, 13 Oct 95 07:46 MDT Received: from oboe.aix.calpoly.edu (root@oboe.aix.calpoly.edu [129.65.65.1]) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA23844 for <ctm@ardi.com>; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 07:38:33 -0600 Received: from modem023.offcampus.calpoly.edu by oboe.aix.calpoly.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA68292; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 06:38:23 -0700 Message-Id: <9510131338.AA68292@oboe.aix.calpoly.edu> X-Sender: jfogleso@oboe.aix.calpoly.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: jfogleso@oboe.aix.calpoly.edu (Jerry Foglesong) To: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) Subject: Re: Dos Drives still fail in 1.99p2 :( Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 06:38:23 -0700 A related porblem that may or may not help. I have a 486 running Win'95. I installed the bleeding edge 1.99p2. Whenever I tried to access my Dos drives, I would have to wait about 5 minutes for it to scan the drive and create a window. Later, when I dropped my modem connection, (which had been running a PPP connection for me) Executor accessed the drives fairly quickly. Hope it helps, Jerry >>>>>> "Seth" == Seth Crews <guardian@inetnebr.com> writes: > > >> Just a quick note to the Mail List readers, I install the > >> 1.99p2 bleeding edge executor.exe, but I am still experiencing > >> (sp?) a massive slowdown when accessing dos drives. c: d: e: > >> etc. executor drives are still okay. anyone else having the > >> same responses? thanks os: win95 and dos6.2 ram:16MB HD:550 > >> ide > > Seth> Yes! I have the same prob. I've got a 100mhz pentium with > Seth> 16 meg of memory and a Gig hard drive... Even just opening > Seth> the C:\ directory with about 13 directory's and 5 or 6 files > Seth> slows it to a crawl.. the mouse skips around the screen, > Seth> and it has taken as long as 2 min. > >I'm a bit behind in my e-mail. I should have sent e-mail >acknowledging the problem as soon as the first report came in, but I >was hoping to have a fix that I could mention. No fix yet though. I >suspect I know what's going on. I'll send another message to this >list when I have more information. > >Sorry about that. > >--Cliff > > > - ------- end ------- ------------------------------ From: zinc <zinc@zifi.genetics.utah.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 15:01:51 -0600 (MDT) Subject: executor-linux 1.99p and microsoft word 5.0a - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- howdy from the wild west folks, i use MS Word (5.0a) a lot. additionally, i use the weird characters you can get with certain fonts (ie, new cent schlbck) if you hold down the option key and type a character. for instance, on a mac i can type Opt-J. this results in a triangle or delta symbol being printed instead of a j. this is useful for me when i write about certain deletions i have constructed in the lab. now, i know that with executor that l-alt is supposed to be the apple or command key and that r-alt is supposed to be the opt key. this is not working for me. is it working for anyone else? on my system, both alt keys are equivalent to the apple-command key. i guess i'll give it a shot with executor-svga 1.99p. ok, this is like a work in progress! i just gave MS Word a shot under executor-svga and all the keys are mapped correctly. unfortunately, the quality of the screen sucks (svgalib problem not executor), the caps lock and num lock keys don't work and the number of font sizes available is ridiculously limited. so, the problem must be with X. anyone know why these key mappings aren't working. stay tuned, more news later... - - -pjf patrick finerty = zinc@zifi.genetics.utah.edu = pfinerty@nyx.cs.du.edu U of Utah biochem grad student in the Bass lab - zinc fingers + dsRNA! ** FINGER zinc-pgp@zifi.genetics.utah.edu for pgp public key - CRYPTO! zifi runs LINUX 1.2.11 -=-=-=WEB=-=-=-> http://zifi.genetics.utah.edu - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMH7Tb03Qo/lG0AH5AQFS/QP+PprP1CYhY7ac/9pOfql/uskQxbSGD6Db RprLLG/tQ9ppIDVLrdxIMIcUSLX8o5PYaXSYnyd5tbu3MS8K84h6pnul1Xi1MoPj Twlu63yz7iA02RR1mJZHbp2hpmm5tldvo7jxQrbI8V4ENU7Q7yMxj1JlcTeeg0lo 7BxXiZuCPa8= =G+YE - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------ From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 95 15:25 MDT Subject: 1.99p2 does not work well with MS Word 5.1 >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Dubinsky <jedubins@jedubinsky.student.amherst.edu> writes: >> Description: Jim> I had this problem after installing MS Word 5.1. Jim> Whenever I tried to save, the save dialog box would seem to Jim> be only partially drawn. The outside of the box draws Jim> correctly, as well as the bottom part, but the rest of the Jim> interior of the dialog box has problems, and I couldn't get Jim> it to save anything. This is repeatable for me both under Jim> the X and svgalib versiosn. I then backtracked to 199o and Jim> then forward the original 199p, and these both seem to work Jim> fine. The problem is just with the 199p2 aout binaries. I Jim> haven't transitioned my system to ELF yet so I can't check Jim> those binaries. Yes, I observed this myself earlier today. I'm trying to fix that and fix a potentially related bug in PhotoShop3 (where PS3 dies the second time you try to open a file) and look into the DOS slow drive opening problem. When I have a handle on those three (hopefully this weekend) we'll release 1.99p3. We've already fixed a few bugs that affect PhotoShop 3 (you can open one file and do things with it), Realmz (it's marginally playable now), Quicken 4 (usable, although hard to get since Quicken 5 is on sale now and Quicken 6 will be out soon), FileMaker Pro (usable again). I would guess that we'll get the Ultima III bugs fixed and that Swoop also will be running by the time 1.99p3. - --Cliff ctm@ardi.com ------------------------------ From: Joe Drasin <drasin@wam.umd.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 17:49:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Marathon A friend is wondering if the Mac game Marathon will run. Does anyone know? Joe ------------------------------ From: Jason Best <ocean@TSO.Cin.IX.net> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 19:59:37 -0400 Subject: good job! First of all, I just want to say that I'm one of those lurkers who keeps up with Exec. and all it's releases, and this list...you guys are doing tremendously well, and it seems like after all this time, success will be just around the corner... Secondly, I'd like to hand it to you for doing what I thought was the impossible...Today I loaded up Executor and ran a demo copy of SoftPC, which worked (although quite buggy)...I just thought that to be pretty ironic... Also, a LOT more of my games and programs work from just the differences in the past few upgrades....thanks so much! lookin forward for 2.0! later - -ocean ------------------------------ End of executor-digest V1 #298 ****************************** To subscribe to executor-digest, send the command: subscribe executor-digest in the body of a message to "Majordomo@NACM.COM". 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