What is TattleTech? TattleTech provides extensive information about your computer, peripherals, and system software. The information can be viewed on screen by category, printed, written to a standard text file in standard or a special Bug Report format, or output in database readable format. As such, it also provides a record of your system configuration that can be used for reporting problems to software and hardware manufacturers, to compare configurations across multiple computers, or to simply learn about your machine. In addition, it enables you to Mount Volumes, Close Files that were left open, and examine and set File and Folder Attributes. The information provided varies greatly among these categories and is best understood simply by going to the dialog window and browsing through the above categories. NOTES: If you received this copy of TattleTech as part of another product, some of the features mention above may not be available. Methods for contacting Decision Maker’s Software may be found at the end of this document. System Requirements TattleTech is compatible with the Mac+ and newer machines running System 7 or higher. Installing TattleTech TattleTech consists of up to three files for operation: • TattleTech • TattleINIT • Tattle.Traps TattleINIT is not required for normal operation of TattleTech. TattleTech defaults to using internal INIT information generating routines if the generated files are not found. TattleINIT, if used, must be in the Extensions folder. TattleINIT should be placed alphabetically at the beginning of the folder so the program can gather information on all subsequently loaded INITs. Its name is preceded by two non-printing characters to facilitate this. These two non-printing characters may be changed to other non-printing characters to accommodate INIT ordering requirements. (see Conflicts and Limitations below) When TattleINIT runs at startup, it creates two files in the System Folder: TTINIT.TRecs and TTINIT.FRecs. These files contain information about the INITs that run after TattleINIT, and are used by TattleTech in subsequent reports. The first time TattleTech is run after start-up it converts these two files to TTINIT.TDB and TTINIT.FDB respectively. Tattle.Traps, is required for all of the Trap-related reports except the Traps Patched by INITs report. Tattle.Traps if used, must be located either in the same folder as TattleTech or the System Folder. If you need to specify another location for Tattle.Traps, you can do so using the “Change Traps File” menu command. In addition to the files listed, there are a number of files that provide for Registration and other support for TattleTech. Please refer to the manual for more information. Using TattleTech Selecting Categories From the Main Dialog Window TattleTech consists primarily of the TattleTech dialog window and the TattleTech menu. Upon launch, the Main dialog window is visible and the first Category of information, General Hardware, is displayed in a scrolling "Screen Report" in the window. You can select other Categories from the pop-up menu above the list. Categories that are not available for a given computer and system software combination (e.g., Nubus on a Mac+) are disabled and cannot be selected. Definitions The Definitions button at the bottom of the dialog displays definitions for the fields contained in the displayed Category. Other Buttons/Functionality • Applications and DAs: If you hold down the