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If at start up such a disk is in the disk drive, or one of the drives whose device name is listed in the MacVolumes environment variable, it's automatically mounted. The programming in Executor for fully transparent access to any storage medium formatted with Apple's HFS (Hierarchical File System) has been done successfully.

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The Hot Band reminds you of the click start bar in OS/2 a little bit, and is a very good replacement for aliases, which lots of Mac users plaster their desktops with.ДЄpart from Finder (and other small things like a different cursor during the wait state), Executor presents Mac programs with the usual look and feel.

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If the user puts an object in the Hot Band windows via drag & drop, it's automatically put into the appropriate bar and can be activated from there with a double click. You can switch between the various bar types using the icons. It has six icons in the left part and on the right hand side has a storage bar (the actual bar) for programs, files, folders, volumes, fonts and desk accessories. The browser goes beyond the Finder's capabilities with the Hot Band, a window underneath the menu bar. The menu bar, called Hot Band, has a big advantage over its model, the Apple Mac's Finder. The browser doesn't allow files to be given comments or colour marking either, though you can configure the creator and type of each file - a manipulation that's only possible by using helper applications such as ResEdit or File Typer on the Mac. Running several applications in parallel is also impossible. Other keyboard tricks popular with Mac users (such as the pressed Opt key when opening folders) are not included. The similarity to Finder even goes so far that the key combination Shift-Alt-F3 takes a screen shot which is put in the /tmp directory as a TIFF file. Double clicking on the program icon or on the icon of a file created with a particular program, starts the appropriate application. Files and programs are, as familiar from the original, copied by drag & drop, though only individually - there isn't the option of multiple selection, likewise there isn't a trash can for deleting things. Like Finder, the browser opens a new window for each folder (as directories are called on the Macintosh) and the contents of the folder can be shown as either text or with icons. In some respects this doesn't come up to the standard of the original, but in other respects is better than it. Instead it has a replacement for it, a browser.

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For future versions, ARDI plans that it will be possible to install an original System 7.5.x, obtained from Apple separately by the user, under Executor.ДЄs the name suggests, Executor can run Macintosh programs, but doesn't emulate the typical Mac desktop (Finder). However, there is only limited compatibility, because on the one hand the emulated operating system isn't at the same level of advancement as Apple's System 7.x versions, and on the other only contains documented functions. The emulation has - along with speed advantages - the advantage of not requiring ROMs from Apple, so that there aren't any problems with copyright or getting them. This shows itself as version 6.0.7, but already has quite a lot of the System 7.x functions. The program doesn't just emulate a Motorola processor (a 68040), it also emulates the Mac operating system. Additionally, Executor doesn't have any sound output under this kernel. The old Linux user kernel 1.2.13, which can still be found commercially, has to be patched for use with the SVGA version. Both were supplied in ELF and a.out binary format. For hardware we used a Pentium 90 computer (with 64 Mbytes RAM and kernel version 2.0.10) and a computer with an AMD 486DX4-100 processor (with 32 Mbytes RAM and kernel version 2.0).Д®xecutor for Linux is available in two variants: for SVGAlib and for use under X11.

The latter served to check whether or not ARDI has corrected the deficiencies discovered in the beta version.

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The full version of the first 2.0 beta and a demo of the final version were available for testing. In addition, versions for NextStep (Motorola and Intel platforms) and MSDOS are available, but they won't be considered here. The development of Executor took place under Linux on Intel PCs.

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Manufacturer ARDI promises that with Executor, a commercial Macintosh emulator, now available as version 2.0, you can use Mac software on a PC under Linux. The Apple Macintosh enjoys great popularity most of all in the graphics trades, and also in education.

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