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- From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews)
- To: executor@ardi.com,executor-announce@ardi.com
- Subject: 1.99q6 is out
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- Largely 1.99q6 fixes regressions that were introduced in 1.99q5
- (although it also fixes some regressions that were introduced
- earlier).
-
- Under DOS it also has some modifications related to floppy drive
- access. As such, E/D may be able to read and write Macintosh
- formatted floppy drives on the systems where it stopped doing so when
- we added sound. If that isn't the case, a new command line switch can
- be used as long as you're not running Windows 3.x. The switch is
- "-blockinterrupts" and it may help people who are having trouble with
- Executor reading and writing Macintosh formatted floppies. It may
- also help with CD-ROM or ASPI problems.
-
- I'd very much like to hear from people who used to be able to read and
- write Macintosh formatted floppies who found that when we added sound
- support we managed to break floppy access. Specifically I want to
- know whether the situation is improved using 1.99q6 without any extra
- command line switches and if it's not whether "-blockinterrupts"
- helps.
-
- We're now getting to the point where we think we've fixed the vast
- majority of regressions. If you know of any programs that used to
- work better in a previous version of Executor than they do under
- 1.99q6, please send a brief description of the regression to
- "bugs@ardi.com". Make sure you mention which version of Executor (be
- specific) the application used to run better under, the nature of the
- new problem, and the name and version number of the application in
- question.
-
- NOTE: We know there are a bunch of bugs that have been around forever,
- and we will be tracking down and fixing many of them before Executor 2
- ships, but right now I'm *only* concerned with regressions.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
- [For those of you new to the list, the q6 patches can be found somewhere
- in the BleedingEdge subdirectory of ftp.ardi.com:/pub or in the
- BleedingEdge of ftp.ardi.com's primary mirror -- vorlon.mit.edu:/pub/ardi]
-
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