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- CrossMAC Demo
- Version 1.0
- CIN: ORDE-R1.0
- September 20, 1994
-
- This file describes the CrossMAC demo. Only some of utilities in the
- commercial product are distributed in the demo version.
-
- The demo is a READ ONLY version of the CrossMAC FileSystem. It also
- will only allow access to the floppy drives, access to Hard Drives and
- CD-ROMS have been disabled.
-
- Requirements to operate this DEMO:
- AmigaDOS 2.0 or higher
- ---AND--- Amiga high-density drive to access Mac 1.44M disks
- ---OR--- Amax cartridge with Mac 800K drive
- ---OR--- Amax II plus/Amax IV card with standard Amiga drive.
-
- If you enjoy the demo product and would like to order the full version
- of CrossMAC, please use the "Order_Form" program. Fill out all the
- information and send it to the mailing address for Consultron which is
- displayed at the end of the "Order_Form" program. Prices are listed
- below.
-
-
- AVAILABILITY AND PRICING:
-
- CrossMAC is shipping NOW! The suggested retail is $149.95 and is
- available from most Amiga software retailers.
-
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- Special Direct order pricing !!!!
-
- For a limited time, we are providing special pricing for those who
- place a direct order with us.
-
- For those who registered with us as a owner of one of our other
- products, your price is $85.00.
-
- For new customers, your price is $95.00.
-
- Please include $5.00 for S&H in the USA and Canada or $10.00 S&H
- elsewhere.
-
- We also have a limited supply of the `true' Amiga-compatible high
- density drives for the A2000 and A4000. Please call for availability
- and price.
-
- Sorry, we cannot accept credit cards. Currently, we only accept a
- prepay in US funds drawn on a US bank.
-
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-
-
- FEATURES IN THE COMMERCIAL VERSION
-
- For those unfamiliar with the CrossMAC product, here is a list of some
- the features that CrossMAC supports:
-
- Mac formatted disks (HFS) are supported with following hardware:
- · Low-density, 800K floppies with either the Amax cartridge and a
- Mac 800K drive or the Amax II plus/Amax IV cards and standard
- Amiga floppies.
- · High-density, 1.44M floppies with an Amiga-compatible
- high-density drive.
- · Hard drives with the appropriate Amiga hard drive controller.
- · Mac HFS-formatted CD-ROMs with the appropriate Amiga hard drive
- controller.
- Quasi-Mac formatted disks (HFS) are supported with the standard Amiga
- hardware:
- · Low-density, Amax 800K floppies.
- · Low-density, Emplant 800K floppies.
- · Amax and Emplant hard drive partitions.
- Other features:
- · Support of both Mac data and resource `forks' as separate files.
- · Amiga <-> Mac translation of international text characters.
- · Disk changes are sensed automatically (if the drive provides the
- proper hardware signal).
- · Mac icons automatically displayed under Workbench.
- · Utilities to format, copy and check the integrity of Mac disks.
- · File salvation utility to try to recover files from a corrupted
- Mac disk.
- · Transparent support of MacBinary files.
- · Not copy protected.
-
-
- FEATURES DISABLED IN THE DEMO VERSION
-
- All writing has been disabled in the demo version this includes
- formatting of floppies and the automatic separation of MacBinary files.
-
- Access to Mac HFS-formatted CD-ROMS and Hard Drives.
-
- Access to Amax and Emplant hard drive partitions.
-
- Amiga <-> Mac translation of international text characters since
- the CrossMAC commodity is not included.
-
-
- UTILITIES IN DEMO VERSION
-
- The Resource Extractor has been included with the CrossMAC demo
- but the ability to extract resources has been disabled.
-
- View Hex has also been included and is fully functional.
-
-
- UTILITIES IN COMMERCIAL VERSION
-
- Besides the Resource Extractor and View Hex there are some other
- utilities included with the CrossMAC product. The utilities and a
- brief description are:
-
- CrossMAC commodity -- The CrossMAC commodity allows the user to
- optionally translate Mac text characters to or from Amiga text
- characters or eject removable media is supported in hardware and
- software.
-
- ConfigDisk -- A utility to configure CrossMAC devices. It can
- create a mountfile describing the Mac disk to the Amiga OS. It is
- used primarily to configure Mac hard drives and Amax partitions.
-
- Mac_File_Salv -- A utility that allows you to try to recover files
- from a corrupted Mac disk. It WILL NOT fix the disk but allows you to
- select which files you want to recover to another disk.
-
- File_Type_Manager - A utility that allows you to manage an
- internal CrossMAC database. The database coordinates the Mac 'finder'
- information to the file extension you can assign to the file.
-
- DiskChk - This utility attempts to check and read validity of any
- disk and report any errors.
-
- DiskChg - This utility forces a disk change on the specified
- device. This command is useful for forcing a disk change on some
- removable hard drive partitions which lack the hardware or software
- supporting automatic disk changes.
-
- Dr_CrossMAC - Dr_CrossMAC is designed to help you diagnose
- possible problems using CrossMAC should the need arise.
-
- Also included are Mount, Format, and DiskCopy which can replace
- older system utilities.
-
-
- RUNNING THE CROSSMAC DEMO
-
- To run the CrossMAC demo, double-click on the Mount'Em icon. This
- will make an assignment and mount the floppy drives as
- MAC0:,MAC1:,MAC2: and MAC3:.
-
-
- GENERAL USE OF CROSSMAC
-
- CrossMAC separates the Mac file into two AmigaDOS files, a data
- file and a resource file. A resource fork is accessed or identified
- on the Amiga as a file with an extension of ".rs". CrossMAC only
- displays the forks that has information in them. If a fork doesn't
- have any information in the fork, the file will not be displayed.
-
- CrossMAC displays the Mac icons for the files. The icons are the
- same icons seen when reading that disk running under a Mac. For
- CrossMAC to display the icons under Workbench, the icon information
- must exist. The icon information comes from the resource part of the
- Mac file. If the resource fork doesn't exist or the icon cannot be
- located within the resource fork, a default icon will be displayed for
- the file. If the icon information exists, the data and resource files
- will display the same icon picture.
-
- CrossMAC puts special information in each icon for the different
- forks displayed under Workbench. If the icon displayed is the icon
- for a resource fork, double-clicking the icon brings up one of our
- utilities, the "Res_Extractor". If the icon displayed is an icon for
- a data fork, another utility, "VHex" (View Hex) will run. This allows
- the examination of the data before any operations are performed.
-
- To access the MacBinary file use the data fork name (no ".rs") and
- append a ".bin" to it. Then copy or read the file using the ".bin"
- name. Please remember that this creates a MacBinary II format file
- and some programs may not understand the MacBinary II format.
-