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- Hi Folks,
-
- Executor 1.3a is in ftp.cs.unm.edu:pub/ardi/Executor_130a.tar. Right
- now there is no README, but here are some of the things that I know
- are fixed in 1.3a:
-
- Uses more memory (this should help people with Excel
- spreadsheet size problems)
-
- Floating point bug fixes in the Intel side
-
- Mac formatted CD ROMs now work under NS/FIP
-
- Mac formatted hard disks are now writable on both
- platforms (non-ejectable media still requires
- a bit of a dance to get Executor and not NEXTSTEP
- to notice them)
-
- Serial port support works better on NeXT hardware, and
- I *believe* it works better on Intel hardware
- as well, but I haven't been able to test this yet.
- Uucp locking conventions are respected and you no
- longer need to make /dev/cufa writable to use it
-
- MacInTax for 92 works if you install it on a Mac and bring
- the files over using compact pro and ethernet or
- an external mac hard disk, except that when you save
- your return the file gets a weird name. I don't know
- about MacInTax for '93.
-
- We have *not* fixed the ADB keyboard bug, but we have identified that
- it only afflicts ADB based machines that are running NEXTSTEP 3.0.
-
- We're in the process of converting to a newer version of gnats (our
- bug tracking software) that will allow mail queries on the database.
- It's taken longer than we expected because of work on the Executor/PC
- front (Executor/DOS is about to be renamed Executor/PC, since we have
- most of it running under Windows "in the lab"). We haven't forgotten
- our NeXT customers though and expect to have significantly more apps
- working in the next six weeks (that benefits everyone -- NeXT, DOS
- and Windows users alike).
-
- Executor/NEXTSTEP will soon go on sale for $99/license, although
- people buying under the new price will be required to pick up updates
- electronically, rather than have ARDI mailing them out. People who
- previously purchased Executor will continue to receive their updates
- (experimental versions don't count) via US mail.
-
- I think we'll make a major (good news) announcement in February, but
- I've been wrong before.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
-