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Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor
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From: questions@ardi.com
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Subject: comp.emulators.mac.executor mini-FAQ, Please read before posting
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Thank you for reading this introduction to comp.emulators.mac.executor.
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Last modified: November 9th 1999
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What is this newsgroup? What articles are appropriate here?
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comp.emulators.mac.executor (c.e.m.e.) was created for the
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discussion of Executor, a commercial Macintosh emulator for
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PCs.
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Discussions of Executor are welcome. Please read this
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mini-FAQ and the complete FAQ (see below) before posting.
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Both documents answer the questions that come to mind when you
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first hear about Executor, so by reading the FAQs you can
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avoid asking questions that most of the readers of this
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newsgroup are tired of answering. Reading FAQs before posting
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on usenet is considered good "netiquette" and will help make
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c.e.m.e. a useful discussion group and may avoid some of the
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"flame-wars" found on advocacy groups.
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Please do not post encoded binaries to c.e.m.e. Such posts
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are prohibited by c.e.m.e's charter (see below). Please
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respect the problems that such posts cause some of c.e.m.e's
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readership.
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Please do not post requests for Macintosh ROMs or System files
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here. Macintosh ROMs and System files are copyrighted by
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Apple Computer, Inc. Asking for a copy of them is asking
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someone to violate copyright laws. Even if it weren't, it's
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off-topic because Executor doesn't need Macintosh ROMs or
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Apple System files.
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C.e.m.e. is *not* an advocacy group, it's a support group for
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users of Executor. It isn't a support group for emulator
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users in general. If the discussion isn't about Executor,
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it's off-topic.
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Different people have different needs, so some people find
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Executor quite useful, others find it a novelty and some have
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no need for it at all. Please accept this and don't try to
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convince people that Executor is good or that Executor is bad
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in c.e.m.e. It's unlikely you'll change anybody's mind, and
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your time is better spent elsewhere.
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Similarly, some people like Macs, some people dislike them;
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please don't argue about operating systems in c.e.m.e. By
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ignoring off-topic posts, the off-topic poster will always get
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the last word in. *That's _OK_*. In any honest disagreement,
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proponents of each side will believe they are correct and the
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other person is mistaken. That leads to a desire to rebut any
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incorrect information that one sees, but this is Usenet.
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Incorrect information will always be plentiful. Even though
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it's counter-intuitive, you're more likely to see incorrect
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off-topic information disappear if you ignore it than if you
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automatically respond to it.
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Where is the complete FAQ?
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The latest version is always available via the World-Wide Web at
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<http://www.ardi.com/executor-faq.html/>
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You may also find it elsewhere, but beware. In cyberspace, outdated
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information can live an exceedingly long time. As such, it's
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especially useful for Executor users to have WWW access and to refer
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to the webbed FAQ, rather than looking for it elsewhere.
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If you don't have WWW access, you can get a copy mailed to you
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by sending email to info@ardi.com with "faq" or "FAQ" in the
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subject line (not the body) of the message, or by sending
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email to faq@ardi.com. Both "info@ardi.com" and "faq@ardi.com"
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are automated email servers which do not read the contents of
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the letter that is sent to them.
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What is Executor?
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Executor, a commercial product, is an emulator that allows
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non-Macintosh hardware to run many applications originally
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written for a Macintosh. It also lets your PC read and write
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Mac-formatted high-density floppies and Mac external hard
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drives, and read Mac CDs.
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Executor for Windows includes both Executor/DOS (E/D) and
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Executor/Win32 (E/W). E/D runs under DOS, Windows 3.x and
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OS/2. E/W runs under Windows 95, Windows 98 and NT. Executor
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for Linux includes the supported Executor/Linux/X and the
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unsupported Executor/Linux/SVGAlib and Executor/Linux/SDL.
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Where can I pick up the Executor demos?
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<http://www.ardi.com/>
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What limitations does Executor have?
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See the complete FAQ for more details.
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ARDI has rewritten the OS and Toolbox calls from scratch.
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This provides a tremendous speed improvement and allows
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Executor to be sold independently of Apple. This does cause
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some limitations, including limited serial port access, no
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AppleTalk, incomplete System 7 support, no INITs (which means
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no QuickTime and no ATM), no CDEVs and very little
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internationalization.
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Due to limitations in PC hardware, Executor can read and write
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1.4 MB Mac formatted floppy disks, but can *not* read or write
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Mac formatted 800 KB floppy disks. Without custom hardware,
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PCs simply can't read the Mac 800 KB format. If you think
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you've seen software that allows this, you're mistaken. It's
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possible to read 800 KB formatted floppies that are in a
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different format, but not 800 KB floppies that are in the Mac
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800 KB format.
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Executor prints directly to PostScript printers. If you don't
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have a PostScript printer, Executor can print to a Postscript
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file for which you will need a PostScript filter in order to
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print.
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Who makes Executor?
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<http://www.ardi.com/>
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ARDI
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Suite 4-101
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1650 University Blvd., NE
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Albuquerque, NM 87102
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+1 505 766 9115 Phone
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+1 505 766 5153 FAX
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questions@ardi.com
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What is the c.e.m.e. charter?
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CHARTER: comp.emulators.mac.executor
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Comp.emulators.mac.executor is for general discussion of
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ARDI's Executor software Macintosh emulator. Executor users
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and potential users are encouraged to discuss Executor bugs
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and workarounds and to share tips for getting Executor to work
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properly with specific hardware and/or software. ARDI will
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post announcements of new versions, and provide other help
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when possible.
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Criticism, advice, and mutual user assistance are all expected
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and encouraged. Advertisements and off-topic postings are
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forbidden, as is the posting of encoded binaries or any
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information on obtaining pirated software.
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END CHARTER.
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Thank you for reading this. With your cooperation, we can keep a high
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signal-to-noise ratio on c.e.m.e.
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