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- Hi folks,
-
- vorlon.mit.edu now has 1.99o8 for Linux and DOS. We're building
- 1.99o8 for NEXTSTEP/Intel right now. There are four linux variants
- now, an X-Windows a.out version, an X-Windows ELF version, an SVGAlib
- a.out version and an SVGAlib ELF version. We've broken the
- BleedingEdge directory into subdirectories so this plethora won't
- confuse anyone other than fellow Linux users.
-
- I strongly suggest you use vorlon.mit.edu:/pub/ardi rather than
- ftp.ardi.com, since vorlon is a much faster connect.
-
- Although there are a few bug fixes in 1.99o8, the biggest advancement
- is that in some environments Executor can now directly map in the
- framebuffer so that programs that write directly to the screen can
- work without the overhead of refresh. If you run Executor/DOS under
- DOS (you can't do this under Windows or OS/2) and have a VESA 2
- driver, you will probably get this benefit. If you run the SVGAlib
- version of Executor under Linux and have a Mach32 or Cirrus based card
- you may get this benefit. If you have this capability, then games
- like Solarian, Apeiron and Maelstrom all play very nicely.
-
- The NEXTSTEP/Intel port still has the same limitations it had in
- 1.99o6, but at least we're now able to update it everytime we update
- the other versions. We hope to fix printing soon and provide some way
- of setting the virtual Mac screen size. After that come both Motorola
- support and support for faster screen access.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
-