TimesTwo™ (patent pending) 1.0.3d Updater -- from Golden Triangle Computers, Inc.
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READ ME FIRST!!
We at Golden Triangle want you to get the most from your TimesTwo purchase, so please read through this document carefully BEFORE you update TimesTwo. If you do have a problem with the update (or anything else), do not hesitate to contact us at the phone number, FAX or address listed at the end of this document.
The TimesTwo 1.0.3d Updater is an application that updates TimesTwo from earlier versions to 1.0.3d. Versions 1.0.3 and above provide several new features.
NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 1.0.3:
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• The TimesTwo™ Extension automatically mounts removable media like SyQuest and Bernoulli cartridges, Magneto-Optical and Floptical devices (please see the section “Increased Support for Removable Media” in the TimesTwo Addendum for more information and instructions on installing the Extension).
• Automatic free space adjustment (please see the section “Understanding How the Finder Reports Space Used and Space Available” in the TimesTwo Addendum for more information).
• Greater flexibility for “Hot” installations — Users of automatic compression utilities such as AutoDoubler and More Disk Space no longer need to decompress files before installing TimesTwo as long as there is at least 10% free space on the hard disk.
Please see the TimesTwo Addendum which is included in your update package for additional information on the new features in version 1.0.3d.
BUG FIXES IN VERSION 1.0.3d
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Several hard drives were found to have problems running with a blind driver installed. Version 1.0.3d now forces these devices to run in polled mode. These devices are:
Drive Manufacturer Vendor Product
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Western Digital(20 Meg) WesDigtl 1006V-SCS
Western Digital (40 Meg) WDIGTL 1006VSCS
Rodime (20 Meg) RODIME RO652
Rodime (45 Meg) RODIME RO3000T
Rodime (60 Meg) RODIME RO3000S
Rodime (100 Meg) RODIME RO5000S
Sony 3.5 inch MO SONY SMO-C301
Sony 5.25 inch MO SONY SMO-C501
For more information on blind vs. polled, please see the end of this document.
If more than one System folder was present after TimesTwo installation, the correct one may not necessarily get 'blessed' to boot the Macintosh. This problem has been corrected.
The Insite Floptical Device is now supported.
System 7 users with file names that begin with a period (.) do not need to remove the periods before installation.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Restart your Macintosh while holding down the Shift key to disable your Extensions. [System 6.0.x users should manually disable Extensions (Inits)].
2. If you do not already have a copy of TimesTwo on your hard disk, insert the original serialized TimesTwo floppy disk (not the Updater floppy disk) and drag over a copy of the application. Then, eject the floppy disk.
3. Insert the Updater floppy and launch the TimesTwo Updater application. Select the copy of TimesTwo™ on your hard disk to update and click Open. The copy of TimesTwo™ on your hard disk will be updated to version 1.0.3d.
4. Launch TimesTwo™ from your hard disk, select the hard disk to update and click Update. (If you have more than one hard disk that has been expanded by TimesTwo, repeat this procedure for each disk.)
5. Insert the original unlocked TimesTwo floppy disk and drag the updated copy of the TimesTwo™ application from the hard disk back to the floppy disk. Click OK to replace the older version of TimesTwo.
6. When the update is complete, quit TimesTwo and restart the Macintosh. This completes the update process.
AFTER INSTALLATION
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After installation, REPLACE ANY EXISTING COPIES of the TimesTwo application that you have placed on your hard disk or startup floppies with the new version.
REMOVABLE MEDIA
If you use removable media (i.e. SyQuest, Bernoulli), put the TimesTwo Extension into your System Folder and remove any other automounting Extensions that may be installed. For more information about using TimesTwo with removables, refer to your Addendum.
DO NOT INSTALL THIRD PARTY DISK DRIVERS
TimesTwo is a disk driver. Installing any other disk driver, even ones that do “friendly” updates, on your TimesTwo disk, will cause you to lose all data on your disk. Examples of disk drivers which should not be installed on your TimesTwo disk include Hard Disk ToolKit, Drive7, SilverLining and Golden Triangle’s DiskMaker.
PORTABLE USERS (NOT PowerBook or Duo users)
Do not put your Portable into sleep mode if TimesTwo is installed. TimesTwo is fully compatible with sleep mode on PowerBooks and Duos.
SUPER ATM USERS
There is a known bug in Super ATM (also called ATM 3.5.x) that will cause your machine to hang during Finder copies and when rebuilding the desktop. Adobe has fixed this problem in version 3.6 of ATM. To receive an update, please contact Adobe Systems at (408) 986-6505. If you have a version earlier than 3.5 or version 3.6 or later, you should not experience any problems.
VIRTUAL & MAXIMA USERS
TimesTwo is not compatible with VIRTUAL and MAXIMA from Connectix. Remove it before installation and do not re-install it on a TimesTwo disk. TimesTwo is compatible with Virtual Memory in System 7. If you are using System 7’s Virtual Memory on a TimesTwo disk, we recommend that you don’t use more than half of the disk’s free space for Virtual Memory. Virtual Memory will also run slower on a TimesTwo disk.
TIMESTWO AND SERVERS
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If you have TimesTwo installed on your hard disk, you can access other disks over a network or on a server without any problems. In addition, TimesTwo can be installed on AppleShare 2.0.1, QuickMail and Microsoft Mail servers. It also works with Personal File Sharing which is part of System 7. However, this version of TimesTwo can not be installed on an AppleShare 3.0.1 server.
BLIND VS. POLLED MODE ON ‘040 MACS
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Normally, once TimesTwo is installed, blind mode is used to access a hard drive or removable cartridge. However, some drives in combination with some machines (i.e. Sony Magneto-Optical devices on ‘040 machines) prefer “polled” mode and these drives default to using the “polled” mode in TimesTwo.
If you experience problems with TimesTwo on an ‘040 machine using other devices, please contact Golden Triangle Technical Support and we’ll add yours to the list of devices that default to using Polled mode. To force a volume to run in Polled mode, do the following: Run the TimesTwo application, select the volume to be changed from the list of mounted drives and click the Update button while holding down the Command and Shift keys.
APPLE FILE EXCHANGE AND REMOVABLE MEDIA
If you dismount a removable cartridge (i.e. SyQuest, Bernoulli) by dragging it to the Trash in the Finder while Apple File Exchange is running, Apple File Exchange will behave as if a cartridge is still in the drive. Since the TimesTwo Extension requires that removables be dismounted in this manner, strange behavior can result when using Apple File Exchange with the TimesTwo Extension installed. To avoid these problems, you need to mount a cartridge before running Apple File Exchange and then quit Apple File Exchange before dismounting any cartridges.
