3 ms·
Reminds me of ARDI Executor, which felt incredible in its day. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor_(software) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor_(so
by mgevans 8y ago
Reminds me of ARDI Executor, which felt incredible in its day.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor_(software) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor_(software)
- mepian 8y agoExecutor was released under an open source license in 2008. I wonder if any of its code was used in Advanced Mac Substitute.
- jjuran 8y agoExecutor used some fiendishly clever tricks to achieve performance on 1990s hardware at the expense of portability (e.g. the possibility of 64-bit support). Advanced Mac Substitute has different priorities and doesn't use any code from Executor. However, ROMLib looks like a good source of unofficial system documentation, which I expect I'll be consulting in the future as I work on parts where Apple's docs become less detailed.
- nmdeadhead 8y agoThank you for the compliment. I wrote the beginning of it (B&W graphics (QuickDraw), filesystem, port to Sun3/60, port to NeXT), although people smarter than I did some of the heavy lifting (port to DOS, port to Windows, color graphics (QuickDraw), synthetic CPU.
- bane 8y agoWhat an amazing project! It seems almost like a path to madness, trying to reverse engineer the platform, but there were applications even very early on that were mac only that were desirable on PCs.
- RickSanchez2600 8y agoI tried to resell it at my PC Shop but could not get any buyers. 68K Macs sold for $100 on eBay like the Mac SE.
- bane 8y agoI was just going to mention this as well. It seemed like magic back in the day.