# Executor Frequently Asked Questions with Answers

This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions about Executor, the commercial Macintosh emulator for DOS, Windows, OS/2, and Linux. This set of answers to Frequently Asked Questions is not designed to take the place of our Executor manual. However, currently our manual is not available on-line, so this FAQ does briefly touch on some issues that are covered more in depth in our manual.

In addition to this FAQ, there should be README files bundled with Executor and there is also an Executor/DOS document that describes how to get started with Executor/DOS from a DOS user's point of view, which may be useful to users of Executor on other platforms as well. That document is called "ERNSTOUD.TXT", since it's hard to come up with useful names when constrained by the DOS 8.3 filename limits and the author of the document is Ernst J. Oud.

Please check out these documents and this FAQ, before sending e-mail to ARDI or the Executor Interest mailing list.

A new version of this document appears frequently. If this copy is more than a month old it may be out of date.

Index

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- Section 1. Executor in General

- Q1.1. What is the correct pronunciation?
- Q1.2. Does Executor require ROMs or System Files from Apple?
- Q1.3. Is Executor shareware?

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- Section 2. Executor's Limitations

- Q2.1. What version of the Macintosh operating system does Executor emulate?
- Q2.2. What limitations does Executor 2 have?
- Q2.3. If I have 800 KB floppies, what can I do?
- Q2.4. Does Executor have networking support?
- Q2.5. How do you install Fonts and Desk Accessories (DAs)?
- Q2.6. Will Desk Accessories work under Executor?
- Q2.7. Why do some installers not work?

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- Section 3. Using Executor

- Q3.1. Where are the Cmd (Clover) and Option keys?
- Q3.2. What is an image file?
- Q3.3. Can I launch applications directly from the command line?
- Q3.4. I installed a font in Executor, but I still can't print in it. What's the deal?
- Q3.5. Can I have Executor use more than 8 MB for the application zone?
- Q3.6. An application I'm trying crashes. What should I do?
- Q3.7. Why do some applications claim I don't have an FPU?
- Q3.8. Why does Compact Pro have trouble with multi-volume archives?
- Q3.9. How can I use Mac software from the internet?
- Q3.10. How can I use Mac software from Bulletin Boards?
- Q3.11. How can I use Mac software from AOL?
- Q3.12. Why do files which aren't text files look like text files?
- Q3.13. What does "You may open a 32000 character selection" mean?
- Q3.14. What is Speedometer?
- Q3.15. How can I get a screen dump of Executor?
- Q3.16. How does your Browser show file size?
- Q3.17. How does your Browser show free space?
- Q3.18. Why does Browser display question marks for some documents?

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- Section 4. Executor/Win32

- Q4.1. How does Executor/Win32 compare to Executor/DOS?
- Q4.2. How do I use command-line switches with Executor/Win32?
- Q4.3. Why do I get only a black screen when running Executor/Win32?

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- Section 5. Executor/Linux

- Q5.1. I can't get the option key to work under X. What should I do?
- Q5.2. Where are the bitmaps stored on the Linux version of executor?
- Q5.3. My mouse won't work with the SVGALIB version. What's the deal?
- Q5.4. How do I get E/L to see my second floppy drive?
- Q5.5. Why does Lemmings's splash screen take so long to be drawn?
- Q5.6. What free projects has ARDI supported?
- Q5.7. Is Executor localized for languages other than English?
- Q5.8. Can I Macintosh format disk drives?
- Q5.9. How can Executor be configured for multiple users?

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- Section 6. Executor/DOS

- Q6.1. What is an HFV file?
- Q6.2. What is makehfv?
- Q6.3. What are the hardware requirements for Executor/DOS?
- Q6.4. What do I do if my Super VGA card isn't VESA compliant?
- Q6.5. Why is there a bright white border on the screen?
- Q6.6. E/D dies during startup. Why?
- Q6.7. E/D runs under DOS, but not from Windows. What do I do?
- Q6.8. What causes errors when transferring files?
- Q6.9. Why does my screen look funny when I run Executor?
- Q6.10. Does E/D require an ASPI driver to access SCSI?
- Q6.11. Why won't Executor/DOS work with my Diamond Viper PCI card?
- Q6.12. Why doesn't my mouse work when I run Executor under OS/2 Warp?
- Q6.13. Any OS/2 Warp suggestions?
- Q6.14. Does Executor/DOS work under Windows 95?
- Q6.15. Executor/DOS dies, what should I do?
- Q6.16. How does printing work under E/D?
- Q6.17. Why does E/D under Windows 3.x have problems hot-keying?
- Q6.18. Why can't I eject or format my DOS formatted floppy?
- Q6.19. Do E/D and QEMM fight?
- Q6.20. Does Executor fight with Novell DPMS?
- Q6.21. How can I speed up Executor/DOS?
- Q6.22. How do I make Executor/DOS run faster under VirtualPC

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- Section 7. Esoterica

- Q7.1. May I bundle the DEMO version of Executor on a CD-ROM?
- Q7.2. Who wrote this FAQ? Who helped?
- Q7.3. Is this FAQ Disclaimed and Copyrighted?

Extracted from Executor Frequently Asked Questions with Answers, Copyright ARDI 2002.