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- Here in comp.emulators.mac.executor, hagie@netcom.com (Scott Hagie)
- spake unto us, saying:
-
- > Richard Steiner (rsteiner@skypoint.com) wrote:
- >
- > : Executor's requirements are somewhat user-configurable through the use
- > : of command-line switches, and it might depend to some extent on the
- > : version you're using (NextStep, Linux, DOS) and other factors. But it
- > : ran here in 8MB fairly well, and now with 20MB it's very fast.
- >
- > Pardon me for cutting in, and don't get me wrong, it is nothing short
- > of a miracle that they can make a Mac emulator at all, but I think you
- > seriously overstate it's speed and capabilities. With 8 megs of Ram on
- > a 486 DX4 100, it will run Wolfenstein 3-D (in 320x200) like a 286.
-
- All I know is I've been comparing it to my little 8MB Mac IIci at work
- running various games, and Executor/DOS running on my 486DX4/100 is
- *considerably* faster here than my IIci is. It's more than fast enough
- to be useful. Heck, it was fast enough to be useful on my 486DX/33.
- NIH Image 1.55 can flip a largish 256-color bitmap here in less than a
- second. That, to me, is "very fast".
-
- Not the kind of motherboard-burning speed you see in a PowerMAC, but I
- didn't claim it was state-of-the-art swift or anything. Executor/DOS
- beats a lot of real Macs into the dirt when running on 486 hardware,
- and that impresses me.
-
- I play Glypha III here all the time in E/D at 1024x768x256 with sound
- now, and it's very fast compared to the IIci. Night and day.
-
- > It's a neat toy, a very neat toy, but it's not quite really a full
- > blown product right now.
-
- That depends on the user. For me, it's well worth the $$ I invested
- in it when I registered Executor/DOS 1.0. I'd pay ARDI's suggested
- $249 price for v2.0 now if I had to. For my uses, E/D 1.99Q more than
- suffices, and it's the #1 reason I've not gone out and purchased a
- real live older Mac. But I use it as a game platform and little else.
-
- > What Ardi has done is impressive, but don't overstate it.
-
- I'm not. Compared with the Mac II machines I've used, it *is* fast.
-
- No, it's not a PowerMac, but on one of the newly announced Pentium/166
- boxes it'd be a high-end 68k Mac. That sure ain't slow. :-)
-
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