Re: Mac Emulation

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From: Nathanael J Henderson
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 18:45

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Jeff Halverson (halv0019@gold.tc.umn.edu) wrote:

: Executor will grow exponentially.  Some of the Post-2.0 features will include 
: sound support, extensions (INITS), serial port support, and full system 7.0 
: support, and we have even heard rumors that they may be able to have an option 
: of "dropping in" an actual Mac-OS (system 7.5, or even copeland when it 
: arrives) for 100% compatibility.

    Hmm.  Beyond being a spectacular technical achievement, that brings 
up some interesting legal questions.  The Apple system software liscences 
I've seen always specified that you had the right to use it on *Apple* 
hardware, implying that uses like Executor, Emplant, etc. are a rather 
grey area.  Emplant was never a serious threat to Apple profits, but they 
may pay more attention to Executor if they think it threatens hardware sales.

: Another great thing about the guys & gals at 
: ARDI is they will make the Desktop source code available so that you can modify 
: it to do whatever the hell you want!  So if they are sucessful, your Executor 
: will be more customizable that your System7.x/System 8.x!!!

    Nonsence.  You already can re-program almost any part of the Mac 
finder.  You just have to trap the system calls instead of being able to 
completely replace the original code.

: Now if only we could get them to port it to the DEC 275Mhz machine, then we'd 
: have the fastest mac on earth!

    Not likely.  I have a hard time believing the emulation hit is small 
enough to let the Alpha come close to native performance of the PowerPC 
604 Macs.

----
   "Saying Windows 95 is equal to Macintosh is like finding
a potato that looks like Jesus and believing you've witnessed
the second coming."  - Guy Kawasaki

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