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Executor FAQ - Section 2
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<link rev="made" href="mailto:questions@ardi.com">
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Executor FAQ - Section 2 <br>
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Executor's Limitations
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</h1>
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<li><a href="#whatversion" rel=subdocument>Q2.1. What version of the Macintosh operating system does Executor
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emulate?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#limitations" rel=subdocument>Q2.2. What limitations does Executor 2 have?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#q_2_3" rel=subdocument>Q2.3. If I have 800 KB floppies, what can I do?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#q_2_4" rel=subdocument>Q2.4. Does Executor have networking support?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#q_2_5" rel=subdocument>Q2.5. How do you install Fonts and Desk Accessories
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(DAs)?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#q_2_6" rel=subdocument>Q2.6. Will Desk Accessories work under Executor?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#q_2_7" rel=subdocument>Q2.7. Why do some installers not work?</a></li>
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</ul><hr>
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<A name="whatversion"><h2>
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Question 2.1. What version of the Macintosh operating system does
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Executor emulate?
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</h2></A>
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Executor knows how to emulate most of System 7.0, but the default
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version that Executor reports to applications is System 6.0.7, because
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some bad programs make calls to undocumented System 7.0 traps if we
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acknowledge that we've implemented System 7.0. Each time a different
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application is run under Executor, Executor checks an application
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specific configuration file for application specific settings. Many
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of the configuration files adjust the System to 7.0.
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<p>
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You can manually adjust the system version. Start Executor and call
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up the Preferences Panel with Cmd-shift-5 [see
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<A href="section3.html#wherecmd">Q3.1 `Where are the Cmd (Clover) and Option keys?'</A>]. Set the System to 7 and click OK (don't save yet; these are just the
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Browser settings). Now start your application, call up the
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Preferences Panel again, and save it with the System 7 setting. After
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that, Executor will automatically invoke System 7 support when you run
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that application.
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<A name="limitations"><h2>
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Question 2.2. What limitations does Executor 2
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have?
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</h2></A>
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Because the OS and Toolbox have been rewritten from scratch, Executor
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2 has limitations, including no serial port access, no modem use, no
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AppleTalk, primitive sound, limited System 7 support, no INITs, no
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CDEVs and no Internationalization.
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<p>
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Executor can read and write 1.44 MB Mac formatted floppy disks, but
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due to limitations in PC hardware, <em>can't</em> read or write 800 KB floppy disks.
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<p>
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In the lab we have limited serial port access and we're working on
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improving sound.
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<A name="q_2_3"><h2>
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Question 2.3. If I have 800 KB floppies, what can I
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do?
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</h2></A>
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Very little. It is not ARDI's fault and there's nothing we can do
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about it, but the way that Apple squeezed 800 KB onto floppies when
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PCs were only getting 720 KB on floppies was to write more data on the
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floppy tracks far from the center than on the tracks near the center.
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This was clever, but extremely incompatible.
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<p>
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There <em>are</em> ways to squeeze more information onto PC floppy
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drives than PCs usually use. However, these methods
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<em>cannot</em> be used to write or even read 800 KB Macintosh formatted floppies.
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<p>
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Luckily, very little is supplied on 800 KB floppies anymore, but if
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you have some, you're almost definitely going to need the use of a
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Macintosh somewhere to copy the contents onto "HD" 1.4 MB
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formatted floppies (PCs and Macs use the same low-level format for 1.4 MB
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floppies).
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<p>
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One Executor Enthusiast suggested using Kinko's public Macs for this
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purpose, and this description was given:
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<pre>
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1. Moving 800 KB Mac Files onto 1.44 MB Mac disks. The easiest thing
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that I have found when working on a real Mac is to preformat the
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Mac disks to 1.44 MB. Insert the 1.44 MB disk and eject it with
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(Cmd-E). Then insert the 800 KB mac disk. Drag the icon of the 800
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KB disk over the 1.44 MB disk. All the files will be transferred as
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will the file names. The Mactools fastcopy program can also copy
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between densities.
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2. Kinko's Public Machines. Kinko's public Macs are equipped with a
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program known as "Desk Tracy" which is designed to stop people from
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pirating Kinko's software from the hard disk. The problem is that when
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you are copying files between your own disks the program will still
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trigger if the file has a namesake on the Kinko's machine. What you
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will need to do is get a Kinko's employee to shut the program off,
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which is obviously a discretionary call with them. I didn't have a
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problem and have done it twice, but we obviously will be using
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different Kinko's.
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</pre>
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<A name="q_2_4"><h2>
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<br>
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Question 2.4. Does Executor have networking
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support?
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</h2></A>
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Currently, no. Some Networking support may be included in Executor 3,
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but we do not yet have an estimated date of completion for Executor 3.
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The first platform to have networking support built in will probably
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be Linux. NOTE: networking support will most likely first be an
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implementation of Open Transport and/or MacTCP, followed by EtherTalk.
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Supporting AppleTalk over serial lines is unlikely to happen due to
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differences in PC and Mac hardware.
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<A name="q_2_5"><h2>
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Question 2.5. How do you install Fonts and Desk Accessories
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(DAs)?
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</h2></A>
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You just drag them into the hot-band and our browser will do the right
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thing. However, we only support bit-mapped fonts, not Type 1 or
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TrueType fonts. In addition, there is a bug which causes the hot-band
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to forget which desk accessories have been loaded, which then makes it
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impossible to remove desk accessories.
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<A name="q_2_6"><h2>
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Question 2.6. Will Desk Accessories work under
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Executor?
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</h2></A>
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Currently Desk Accessory support is very weak; most will not run.
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When we add support for extensions, we'll also go back and fix some
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desk accessory bugs.
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<A name="q_2_7"><h2>
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Question 2.7. Why do some installers not
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work?
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</h2></A>
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Currently there is one major class of application installer that is
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known not to work with Executor. Installers based on Apple's old
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Installer do not work. An example is Microsoft Word 5's installer.
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Some installers require that you use Cmd-shift-5 and set the system
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version to 7 and turn on the "Pretend" options before
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they'll work properly. <hr>
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Next: <a href="section3.html" rel=precedes>Using Executor</a>.<br>
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Back: <a href="section1.html" rev=precedes>Executor in General</a>.<br>
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<a href="index.html" rev=subdocument>Return to contents</a>.<p>
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<address>
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- 28 February 2002
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</address><br>
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Extracted from Executor Frequently Asked Questions with Answers,
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<A href="section7.html#faqcopyright">Copyright ARDI 2002.</A>
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