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Date:      Thu, 29 Feb 1996 12:54:56 -0800 (PST)
From:      Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com>
To:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-install@freebsd.org, bsd-serious@freebsd.org
Subject:   REQUEST FOR HELP: Please review my FAQ on installing Executor
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960229124456.550A-101000@starfleet.gov>

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I have been asked by Abacus Research and Design, Inc., (ARDI), makers of 
the Executor program, to prepare a segment in their FAQ on how to install 
and use their program with FreeBSD.  Note that I am NOT an ARDI employee 
nor contractor; I am merely doing this on a volunteer basis, to help both 
ARDI and FreeBSD (since, IMHO, getting more good-quality apps to work under 
FreeBSD is a definite "plus" to the FreeBSD community).

Since I obviously want to do the best job possible, and not leave any 
glaring mistakes or ambiguities in the final product, I'd like to ask the 
FreeBSD community for help in reviewing it.

The attached tarfile, "FAQFreeBSD.tar.gz", contains three different 
versions of the FAQ: one Text, one PostScript, and one Microsoft Word for 
the Macintosh 5.1a binary file.  (If you are already using Executor, this 
file can be opened directly from MSWord; if you are not, I'm pretty sure 
you can open it in Word for Windows; just use the file that DOES NOT 
start with a "%" sign).

Please review, make comments, and send back.  Probably not a good idea to 
clog the lists with all your comments; keep it private, to me.

If you are wondering "What the @#@#$ is Executor?" let me tell you!  It's 
a REAL NEAT program that emulates a Mac!  I love it, because it allows me 
to do "real work" under FreeBSD where FreeBSD does not have a 
equivalently good program.  I have tried TeX and friends, but still find 
a GUI word processor like Micorosft Word easier on the brain.  When I 
need powerful spreadsheet stuff, I can now use Excel.  I can use 
PageMaker, Quicken, etc. just fine too.  No need to boot into (ugh) DOS 
any more.  I can't wait for WINE or TWIN or etc. to be more stable and to 
actually work, so this is a GREAT solution for the time being.

More information on Executor and ARDI, including such useful documents as 
the Executor FAQ, are available via WWW at:

http://www.ardi.com

Fully functional demo versions (only limitation is that they run 
for only 10-minutes at a time) are available at:

ftp://ftp.ardi.com/pub/Executor_Linux
ftp://vorlon.mit.edu/pub/ardi/Executor_Linux

Probably best to use vorlon, because it's on a faster net connection 
(ardi, being a small start-up company, can only afford a 28.8 PPP 
connection at this time...)

THANK YOU for your help!!!!!!!

Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212
TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072
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