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COMMERCIAL/DEMO/REPOST: Executor/Linux 1.99p Macintosh emulator (Commercial new version)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Mon Oct 9 04:47:03 1995
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 23:10:00 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
Reply-To: linux-announce-owner@vger.rutgers.edu
From: "Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com>"@swcp.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: COMMERCIAL/DEMO/REPOST: Executor/Linux 1.99p Macintosh emulator (Commercial new version)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Organization: Abacus Research and Development, Inc.
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
[ Moderator's note: this message replaces the previous announcement of
Executor. The body is the same, but the original was incorrectly labeled.
My apologies. --liw ]
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The files mentioned below have been placed in sunsite's Incoming
directory. They are also available from ftp.ardi.com, but that is a
very slow net connect. There is an a.out version available on
ftp.ardi.com that we haven't submitted to sunsite. We can do that if
there's demand for it.
1.99p has many bug fixes that enable programs to work better under
Executor than they did previously. In addition, 1.99p is the first
experimental version of Executor/Linux with any of these features: ELF
binaries, SVGAlib binary and a "-system 7" command line swithc, which
allows *some* programs that require System 7 to work.
1.99p also has some support for foreign keyboards, although it appears
not to be particularly useful quite yet. We're listening to our
foreign users and trying to make it more useful though.
If you have a video card that SVGAlib knows how to linearly map, then
Executor is fast enough on a 66 MHz '486 or higher to play various
shoot-em-up style games, like Solarian II (Galaga-ish), Apeiron
(Centipede-like), Maelstrom (Astroids-inspired, although there's a
Linux port of this game already). Marathon "limps", but my
understanding is the game is not yet playable.
- --Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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Title: Executor
Version: 1.99p
Entered-date: 95-9-30
Description: Commercial Macintosh Emulator
Fast CPU Emulation (75 MHz 486DX4 approximates 25 MHz
68040). Allows many Macintosh applications, including
Word 5 and Excel 4 to run without requiring anything
from Apple. Reads, Writes and Formats 1.4 MB
Macintosh formatted floppies. Reads and Writes SCSI
Macintosh disks. Reads Macintosh formatted CD-ROMs.
Color support, Prints to PostScript printers. Has
demo applications so you can run it with no Macintosh
experience.
Keywords: mac macintosh emulator emulation compatibility commercial
680x0 68000 68040 motorola hfs word excel wordprocessor 68k
spreadsheet executor ardi game games
Author: ARDI <questions@ardi.com>
Maintained-by: ARDI <questions@ardi.com>
Primary-site: ftp.ardi.com /pub/Executor_Linux
3.5 MB executor-linuxelf-199p.tar.gz
3 KB executor-linux.readme
200 KB executor-faq.tar.gz
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Emulators
3.5 MB executorElf199p.tar.gz
3 KB executor.readme
200 KB executor_faq.tar.gz
Original-site: ftp.ardi.com /pub
Platform: X11R6, ELF (a.out version also available)
Copying-policy: Commercial, may be freely copied and used in 10 minute
demo mode. Licensing removes 10 minute time limit but
unlocked versions may not be copied.
Student/Faculty/Staff license US$49, everyone else
US$99. Price includes ftpable free updates until and
including the release of 2.0.
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