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- >>>>> "Haghani" == Haghani Sasha <a228hagh@cdf.toronto.edu> writes:
- Haghani> Hi there. I recently got the Executor Linux 1.99 demo on
- Haghani> the InfoMagic Slackware CDs, and happy to discover that
- Haghani> there existed Macintosh emulators for both Linux and DOS.
- Haghani> I have some questions about the emulator though...
-
- Just out of curiosity, what version of Executor ships on those CD's?
-
- For future reference, most of your questions are more appropriate for
- "questions@ardi.com" than for this mailing list. However, the answers
- to some of your questions may enlighten others, so I'll cc: my
- response to the list.
-
- Haghani> 1) Does it currently or will it support System 7 in the
- Haghani> near future?
-
- No, although we have long term plans to do so. We may "spoof" a
- subset of System 7 to get some apps to run.
-
- Haghani> 2) Will HyperCard 2.2 run on it?
-
- HyperCard has a few problems, but more or less runs. To be honest,
- we've done most of our testing with HyperCard 2.1. Our usual answer
- to questions like this is "try it with the free demo version of
- Executor and see if it runs adequately."
-
- Haghani> 3) I ran the Linux demo on a 386DX/40 and it was very
- Haghani> slow (as expected of course). Does the emulator run
- Haghani> substantially better on higher CPUs? I'm considering
- Haghani> buying a Pentium 90. With this chip and Executor and 16
- Haghani> MB of RAM, which Macintosh system would this setup be
- Haghani> comparable to?
-
- We do most of our development on P90's running Linux. Speedometer
- 3.23 (a widely available Mac benchmarking app) claims that Executor's
- raw CPU emulation on a Pentium/90 is roughly equivalent to a 50MHz
- 68040. We get such good performance by translating the 68k program to
- x86 code "on the fly" and running the translated code. Graphics
- performance suffers a little under Linux because we need to go through
- the X server, but it's not too bad.
-
- Haghani> 4) Which of the two versions, Executor/DOS or
- Haghani> Executor/Linux is faster, more stable and more recent?
-
- Version 1.99h is available for both DOS and Linux. 1.99h has a few
- serious problems, especially the DOS version; you may want to wait for
- 1.99i, which will be out sometime in the next few days (hopefully
- before Tuesday). The Linux version is more stable than the DOS
- version because Linux provides a more robust environment than DOS.
- Graphics under the DOS version are faster because we speak directly to
- the SVGA board. We could write an svgalib version for Linux (I
- believe DOOM uses this under Linux), but that's a fairly low priority.
-
- Haghani> 5) Where can I get a copy of the Executor/DOS demo?
-
- ftp.cs.unm.edu:/pub/ardi has our FAQ and the latest versions of all
- Executors, including the DOS demos. As I mentioned earlier, you may
- want to wait a few days for 1.99i to be released.
-
- Haghani> Any additional information you can provide regarding the
- Haghani> Executor demo and its features for both DOS and Linux
- Haghani> would be much appreciated. Thanks
-
- You should check out the FAQ on ftp.cs.unm.edu:/pub/ardi for more
- information.
-
- -Mat
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