Executor is a Macintosh "emulator" developed by ARDI (Abacus Research and Development, Incorporated), a Delaware company founded in 1986. Executor is quite different from the other emulators available today, in both technical and practical terms. ARDI used "clean room" reverse engineering of the Macintosh Operating system to develop an emulator that does not require a Mac ROM, or a Macintosh operating system. This removes the legality issues that plague most conventional emulators. This also makes Executor exceptionably fast and stable.

The speed and stability come at a cost, however, as currently, Executor can only emulate MacOS 6.0.7 (possibly OS 7). This means that only older Macintosh programs can be run on it.

ARDI has the most intuitive emulator available. Improvements are in development, including PPC emulation. If they can be carried out, they can become a dominant force in the commercial emulation market.

Required Reading

|Article|	|Author|	|Home Page|
Online Documentation	Ardi	Ardi
Command Line Switches	Gene DeClark	Executor Info Page
Preferences Dialog Box	Gene DeClark	Executor Info Page
Simulated Macintosh Volumes	Gene DeClark	Executor Info Page
Executor/DOS under Win32	Gene DeClark	Executor Info Page

Links

Executor Home
Executor Information

Files

|File Name|	|Size|	|Source|
Executor Demo - Windows	2.5 MB	Ardi

System Specs

Emulates: 68040
ROM Required: no
Memory: Unlimited
Sound: Supported
Mac OS supported: 6.0.7, with some 7.0 support
Modem Support: No
Ethernet Support: No
Hard Drive size: Unlimited
Current Version: 2.1pr11
Creator:Cliff Matthews
Price:Linux $70, Windows $150, Students: Linux $35, Windows $65
Runs On: Linux, Windows NT/9x

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