The NSM Satellite, Pioneer 5004X, Kodak CDL-144, Sony CDL-2100/2200, Sony CDL-1100, Plasmon D-Series, JVC MC-1200/1600, Grundig GMS 1035 is now supported.
Improved behaviour:
Swapping of CDs
Due to some slower jukeboxes, that are now supported in Miles Apart (aka Pioneer 5004X), we had to change the swapping methods in Miles Apart. If there are more requests than can be handled at the same time in available drives, requests get prioritized. New requests get a higher priority. This helps new and perhaps small requests to get access to a jukebox earlier than requests, where tens of magabytes are being copied.
Bug fixes:
A Pioneer 1004X could only mount the first session of a multi-session PhotoCD. Fixed.
The Dialog for the Nakamichi MJ5.16S changer did not work.
There was a memory leak, that could crash Miles Apart. Fixed.
Version 2.0 Aug-97
New features:
Security
Miles Apart allows you to secure the media in a server. This works at media level. The mechanism is identical to the AppleShare "Users and Groups".
Any time you log into the Miles Apart Server Directory you get the full range of guest or password protected user access.
Miles Apart uses the same "Users and Groups" file as File Sharing / AppleShare. You do not need to dublicate efforts for AppleShare and Miles Apart.
Find in Jukebox
We include in the distribution a new utility called "Find in Jukebox". It is very similar to the MacOS "Find File" utility. It will search a whole server for items according to the search rules. Drag and Drop is fully supported.
Hot Swapping
Hot swapping on the Mercury / Pioneer jukebox. You can import and export CDs while the server is still running.
System 8 caching
Syetem 8.0 needs more information about a cached file. This might change in the future. But for now we recommend that you use this preference if you have clients with system 8.0 installed.
Improved behaviour:
Caching
A lot of fine-tuning has been done to optimise caching operations. The RAM cache has been completely rewritten.
The read-ahead should now yield a substantially better throughput.
We use now the program size to increase the RAM cache size. So more RAM, more cache.
We do not have controls to let people control the caching process. If you feel, this is necessary, tell us.
Increase the image size of Miles Apart for more caching
Until now increasing the size of the Miles Apart application was only useful for more media and more users. Now if you increase the size of Miles Apart there is a certain portion added to the RAM cache. So giving more memory to Miles Apart will also give you a better throughput.
Put back medium if not in use
A medium is put back, if it is not used for a certain amount of time.
NSM jukeboxes with one or more drives missing
A NSM Merury jukebox was not recognized, if there was a drive missing.