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- Hi Folks,
-
- If you've picked up 1.2a, you'll notice that Lemmings no longer runs.
- The problem is with the new version of the DOS extender that we're
- using (that's the file "executor.exe"). After you've installed 1.2a,
- remove /executor/executor.exe and then move /executor/go32.bak to
- /executor/executor.exe.
-
- In addition to finding this incompatibility, I also found out why the
- StuffIt utilities were working under Executor/NEXTSTEP, but not
- Executor/DOS. The problem has been fixed and Executor/DOS 1.2b
- should run the StuffIt utilities. I hope to have 1.2b out tomorrow,
- but if I can't get it out then, it will have to wait until Tuesday.
-
- Here's the tip: if you're out grabbing stuff from ftp sites and
- bulletin boards and running it under Executor (*much* more stuff runs
- under 1.2a than under stock 1.2) and you get cryptic error messages,
- try running with "Pretend Sound" enabled. An example of a program
- that will not run unless you have "Pretend Sound" enabled is PGA Tour
- Golf (it also will need the old version of the DOS extender). You
- can pick up a demo version of PGA golf from
- wuarchive.wustl.edu:systems/mac/umich.edu/game/demo/pgatourgolfdemo.cp
- t.hqx (you don't need to use BINARY mode because it's an "hqx" file).
-
- If you've never used wuarchive before, it's easy to do, except you
- may need to try connecting a half dozen times before you get through.
- Since the files are in ".hqx" format, you can just bring them over to
- your DOS filesystem and then run Compact Pro (if it's a .cpt.hqx file
- -- you'll need UnStuffIt for .sit.hqx, but UnStuffIt won't work until
- Executor 1.2b is out), then use HFS_XFer to copy the .hqx file into
- one of your .hfv drives, then use the "Convert FROM BinHex 4" from
- the "Misc" directory, then use the "Open ..." item from the "File"
- menu to open up the "cpt" file that the conversion leaves for you,
- then "Select All" and "Extract".
-
- Those directions may sound difficult, but once you've done it a few
- times, you'll see that you can bring over a bunch of files and un-hqx
- them and uncompact pro (and unstuff, soon) them fairly easy. You may
- want to check the various 00index files to see which applications
- require color before you bring them over. We won't have rudimentary
- color support that you can play with for a few more weeks now.
-
- If you have questions, be sure to send them to "questions@ardi.com".
- Vaune Fischer will respond; These days I'm spending almost all of my
- time working on 1.2, rather than answering e-mail.
-
- --Cliff
-
-