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A note to anyone involved in the creation of Macintosh software,
past, present or future:
I hope that you've been able to see Executor/DOS 1.2 for yourself.
If you are a programmer, perhaps you can imagine the difficulty of
getting as far as we have with as few programmers as we have, but
we've done it. Now, with your help, we can quintuple the market
for Macintosh software. The following is a list of actions you may
want to undertake to help us help you.
DONATE SOFTWARE FOR TESTING
If you have a PC, I hope you will try your software out under
Executor/DOS 1.2 and let us know how it performs. Additionally,
if you could send us a copy of all of your Macintosh software,
we'll add it to our test library so that future versions of Executor
will run your software. Please send software to:
ARDI
Suite 101
1650 University Blvd., NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
+1 505 766 9115 Phone
+1 505 247 1899 FAX
BUNDLE EXECUTOR WITH YOUR SOFTWARE
If you do not yet have a Windows or DOS version of your software,
you may want to bundle Executor/DOS with the Mac version and
sell the bundle to PC users. We're very flexible. Please
contact Clifford Matthews if you're interested in bundling
Executor/DOS with your software.
Even if you have a Windows version, you may want to gain a foothold
in the UNIX market by bundling Executor/X-Windows with your product.
ENCOURAGE HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS TO BUNDLE EXECUTOR
We have very high goals for the level of compatibility provided by
Executor/DOS 2.0. Once Executor/DOS 2.0 is shipping, ARDI will try
to get Macintosh compatibility to be a "checklist item" that users
look for when they buy a PC or PC-clone.
However, if you have contacts with PC manufacturers, it's not
too early to encourage them to bundle Executor/DOS. The license
fees that we would charge any of the major PC manufacturers
are exceedingly small, but even then the revenue generated
would be enough to insure that we'd have sufficient engineers
to keep pace with the latest developments.
PROVIDE A TECHNICAL LIASON
If your applications don't currently run under Executor, it is
likely that if our engineers talk to your engineers, resolution
will be quick. Our engineers are sufficiently swamped that
you don't have to worry about them calling and chatting aimlessly
with your engineers. By the time we call, we've probably
narrowed the problem down to a very small set of choices, and
we might be alerting you to bugs that will only cause you
unexpected grief down the road.
KEEP YOUR SOFTWARE CLEAN
Please obey all the programatic interface guidelines specified
by Apple. Be extremely sure to use the Gestalt function to
determine whether particular subsystems are present. We will
be supporting *some* parts of System 7 in Executor/DOS 2.0,
but not all, so code that ignores Gestalt can cause us both
problems.
CONTINUE TO RELEASE "68000" BASED VERSIONS OF YOUR SOFTWARE
Executor/DOS 1.0 uses a "dynamically recompiling" synthetic
CPU. That, plus the fact that our OS/graphics code is running
native, allows us to get very impressive results in comparison
to other emulators. However, currently we recompile to an
interpretive code. We are working on a new synthetic CPU that
recompiles directly to native code, and it will be FAST.
However, unless forced, we won't be doing an emulation of the
PowerPC architecture (note I'm saying "of the", not "for the").
So even if your software requires great tremendous CPU power,
do not abandon the 68000, because our new synthetic 68000 will
be exceedingly fast on the i486DX4s, Pentiums, Alphas, MIPS
and HP chips.
Thank you for your help.
Best Regards,
Clifford T. Matthews
Founder
ARDI