[changes in 1.99o: just a few, see docs/Changes.19o]
[changes in 1.99n: many, see docs/Changes.19n]
[changes in 1.99m: new file browser, many bugs fixed]
[there was no 1.99l]
[changes in 1.99k: fixed authorization key botch, -size works again]
[changes in 1.99j: too many to list, see docs/readme.19j]
[changes in 1.99d: works with up to Linux kernel 1.72; many bugs fixed]

Hi,

The file elinux199X.tar (where X is a lower case letter) contains
Executor/Linux, a commercial Macintosh emulator which can be used in a
10 minute time limited demo mode.  Right now we have no linux specific
manual, but we have a linux section in our FAQ.

To install executor, just type "make install".  You will need to have
write permission to create /usr/local/bin/executor and
/usr/local/lib/executor.

Additional information is available in the docs subdirectory of the
directory that contains this readme file.  Be sure to read the
"executor_faq.txt" (answers to frequently asked questions) if you have
trouble with Executor.  The file "ernst_oud.txt" contains information
about Executor/DOS, written from a DOS users perspective that still
might be useful to users of Executor/Linux.

If you would like to be able to submit bug reports in the format that
we use internally, you can use the "send-pr" distribution contained in
"send-pr.tar" to build the send-pr program.  More information is
included in that package.

Included in /usr/local/lib/executor/ExecutorVolume are some sample
programs that you can run.  NOTE: some of these are shareware, and
ARDI had not paid your shareware fee for them.  If you continue to use
Executor, you should either delete the shareware items, or register
them.

Executor assumes your floppy drive is /dev/fd0 and your CD-ROM drive
is /dev/cdrom and will need permission to access those devices if you
want Executor to be able to read and write floppies and read CD-ROMs.

If you're bold, you can even hook up a Macintosh formatted SCSI
disk and access that under Executor by adjusting your "MacVolumes"
environment variable:

$ export MacVolumes=/dev/sd1
$ executor

This assumes "/dev/sd1" is a Macintosh formatted SCSI disk and that
the permissions on /dev/sd1 allow you to read, if you want the volume
to be read only, or read and write, if that's what you want to do
under Executor.

If you have permission to access /dev/fd0 and /dev/cdrom, then those
devices will automatically be examined by Executor to see if they
contain Macintosh formatted media.  If they do, they will be available
under Executor.

The 1.99<x> versions of Executor are "experimental".  We hope to have
Executor in beta in August of 1995 and officially released in October
of 1995.

In addition to the text files in the doc subdirectory mentioned above,
another good source of information about Executor is the Executor
interest mailing list.  To join, send e-mail to
"executor-request@nacm.com" or "executor-digest-request@nacm.com" with
a blank subject line and a body that says "subscribe".  With the first
address, you'll receive e-mail everytime someone sends anything to the
mailing list.  With the digest form, you'll receve e-mail only once a
day with all the previous day's traffic bundled into one digest.

You can then send messages to the entire group by sending to
"executor@nacm.com".  Some of the people on the list have been using
Executor under NEXTSTEP for a couple of years and under DOS for a
year, and of course we closely follow that mailing list, even though
we don't directly administer it.

Pricing for non time-limited versions of Executor/Linux is $49 for
students, $49 for educational institutions, faculty and staff and $99
for everyone else.  The $49 student fee also entitles the student to
run Executor/DOS as well.  The educatonal fee does not include that.
That price does cover all the 1.99<x> releases and the 2.0 release
when it's finished, but it will be up to you to pick them up via the
internet.

Again, read "executor_faq.txt" for more information.

Thanks for your interest.


	--Cliff Matthews
	questions@ardi.com