This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions about Executor, the commercial Macintosh emulator for DOS, Windows, OS/2, Linux and NEXTSTEP [see Q1.1 `What is Executor?' for more details]. 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 `questions@ardi.com` [see Q1.33 `Why shouldn't I send e-mail to `ctm@ardi.com`?'] or the Executor Interest mailing list [see Q1.31 `What's the best way to keep informed about Executor?'].

See Q5.3 `In what formats are this FAQ available?' for details of where to get the PostScript, Emacs Info, HTML (WWW) and plain ASCII versions of this document.

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 If this copy is more than a month old it may be out of date.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 Executor?
- Q1.2. How can I get more information about Executor?
- Q1.3. On which platforms is Executor available?
- Q1.4. How much does Executor cost?
- Q1.5. Who makes Executor?
- Q1.6. How do I order Executor?
- Q1.7. Pronunciation?
- Q1.8. Does Executor require ROMs or System Files from Apple?
- Q1.9. How long has Executor been in development?
- Q1.10. What techniques were used to rewrite the OS and Toolbox?
- Q1.11. What limitations does Executor 2.0 have?
- Q1.12. If I have 800 KB floppies, what can I do?
- Q1.13. Does Executor run all applications?
- Q1.14. A particular program doesn't run now; will it under 2.0?
- Q1.15. Will Newton Toolkit run under 2.0?
- Q1.16. Will Think C or Think Pascal run under 2.0?
- Q1.17. What percentage of applications will run under Executor?
- Q1.18. What do the various Executor version numbers mean?
- Q1.19. Where can I pick up the Executor demos?
- Q1.20. Where is the Cmd (Clover) and Option key?
- Q1.21. How do I use my authorization key?
- Q1.22. Is Executor shareware?
- Q1.23. How do the demo versions differ from the commercial versions?
- Q1.24. What's next?
- Q1.25. When will 2.0 be out?
- Q1.26. How can I get in ARDI's beta program?
- Q1.27. Does Executor have networking support?
- Q1.28. How do you install Fonts and Desk Accessories (DAs)?
- Q1.29. Will Desk Accessories work under Executor?
- Q1.30. Does Executor run xxx?
- Q1.31. What's the best way to keep informed about Executor?
- Q1.32. What's the Executor Interest mailing list?
- Q1.33. Why shouldn't I send e-mail to `ctm@ardi.com`?
- Q1.34. What is an HFV file?
- Q1.35. Can I launch applications directly from the command line?
- Q1.36. What are all the command line switches?
- Q1.37. Are there other parameters I can adjust? [aka "Preferences Panel"]
- Q1.38. Can I have Executor use more than 8 MB for the application zone?
- Q1.39. An application I'm trying crashes. What should I do?
- Q1.40. How do Executor's "license keys" work?
- Q1.41. Don't your "license keys" allow people to pirate Executor?
- Q1.42. I want to bundle Executor on a CD-ROM. Can I do that?
- Q1.43. Why do some applications claim I don't have an FPU?
- Q1.44. Can Executor run Japanese system software?
- Q1.45. Why does Compact Pro have trouble with multi-volume archives?
- Q1.46. What is makehfv?
- Q1.47. How can I create my own HFV files?
- Q1.48. How can I use Mac software from the internet?
- Q1.49. How can I use Mac software from Bulletin Boards?
- Q1.50. How can I use Mac software from AOL?

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- Section 2. Executor/DOS

- Q2.1. Which FTP sites will carry stable versions of Executor/DOS?
- Q2.2. What are the hardware requirements for Executor/DOS?
- Q2.3. What do I do if my Super VGA card isn't VESA compliant?
- Q2.4. E/D dies during startup. Why?
- Q2.5. Why does my screen look funny when I run Executor?
- Q2.6. What's "GrSetMode ; unknown adapter type in driver." mean?
- Q2.7. Does E/D require an ASPI driver to access SCSI?
- Q2.8. Have you released Executor for OS/2 yet?
- Q2.9. Why won't Executor/DOS work with my Diamond Viper PCI card?
- Q2.10. Why doesn't my mouse work when I run Executor under OS/2 Warp?
- Q2.11. Any OS/2 Warp suggestions?
- Q2.12. Does Executor work under Windows '95?
- Q2.13. How do I get E/D to see my CD-ROM drive?
- Q2.14. Executor dies, what should I do?
- Q2.15. Should I have sent in my registration card?
- Q2.16. How does printing work under E/D?
- Q2.17. Why does E/D under Windows 3.x have problems hot-keying?
- Q2.18. Why can't I eject or format my DOS formatted floppy?

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- Section 3. Executor/Linux

- Q3.1. Can I buy the Linux version now?
- Q3.2. Are we ready to hear about Executor/Linux bugs?
- Q3.3. Should bug reports be sent one at a time or in a big list?
- Q3.4. What kernel do you recommend?
- Q3.5. Why is there no Executor for NetBSD or FreeBSD?
- Q3.6. Where are the bitmaps stored on the Linux version of executor?
- Q3.7. Will there be an SVGALIB version of Executor/Linux in the future?
- Q3.8. Why do other windows get creepy colors when Executor is running?
- Q3.9. How does printing work under Executor/Linux?
- Q3.10. Why does Executor complain that it cannot find 'libXt.so.6'?
- Q3.11. Which FTP sites have E/L?
- Q3.12. Why does Lemmings' splash screen take so long to be drawn?
- Q3.13. What free projects has ARDI supported?
- Q3.14. Is there an ELF flavor of Executor?
- Q3.15. Is Executor localized for languages other than English?
- Q3.16. Can I Macintosh format disk drives?

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- Section 4. Executor/NEXTSTEP

- Q4.1. Why hasn't there been an Executor/NEXTSTEP release in a while?

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- Section 5. Administrative information and acknowledgements

- Q5.1. Can I buy stock in ARDI?
- Q5.2. Is Feedback Invited?
- Q5.3. In what formats are this FAQ available?
- Q5.4. Who wrote this FAQ? Who helped?
- Q5.5. Is this FAQ Disclaimed and Copyrighted?

Extracted from Executor Frequently Asked Questions with Answers, Copyright ARDI 1995.