DAVE 3.1 Read Me

Welcome to DAVE 3.1. DAVE is a Macintosh software solution for sharing files and printers with Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me and Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT. DAVE 3.1 comes with two installers. One installer is for Mac OS 8.6 through 9.x and the other is for Mac OS X. This Read Me file only applies to DAVE 3.1 for Mac OS 8.6 and 9.x.

• Macintosh Computer running with OS 8.6 or 9.x operating systems
• A minimum of 32 megabytes of RAM
• Apple's Open Transport TCP/IP 2.0.3 or later
• DAVE Desktop Printing requires Apple's LaserWriter 8 v8.6.5 or later

• Windows XP or 2000 with latest service packs
• Windows NT Workstation or Server version 4 with latest service packs
• Windows 95 or Windows 98
• Windows Me
• Macintosh running DAVE 2.5.2 or later

• You should verify your system volume with a verification tool such as Disk First Aid before installing. If your disk has problems, installing can prevent your Macintosh from operating properly, and you may lose files.
• Read the section "DAVE Known Limitations" to verify that DAVE will work on your computer.
• Before installation, make backup copies of the software and documents on your hard disk (especially your System Folder).
• You can install DAVE 3.1 with extensions turned off, but this is not required. You must boot with extensions on to set up and use DAVE. The Network Setup Library must also be enabled in your Extensions folder.
• DAVE requires a key in order for it to operate. Please have your key with you before you begin installation.
• DAVE 3.1 keeps track of shared folders and printers differently than previous versions. If you are upgrading from a previous version of DAVE, you may need to reconfigure shared items using the DAVE application after installing.

• We recommend that you install DAVE on the current system disk. If you must install DAVE on a different disk, make sure that disk has the same language system as the currently booted system.

• DAVE documentation is now available in the Apple Help Center. Many DAVE dialogs contain help buttons for instant access to the information you need.
• DAVE Client now supports Unicode file names. You can copy files with names longer than 31 characters to volumes formatted with Mac OS Extended format (HFS Plus). You must be running Mac OS 9.0.4 or later to use this feature. These files will retain their Unicode name from Windows NT and 2000 volumes. As of Mac OS 9.2.1, the Finder does not display the full name of files with names longer than 31 characters. The finder will display a "mangled" name 31 characters long. You may disable the Unicode file name feature with a checkbox either with DAVE Setup in the chooser, or in the DAVE application.
• DAVE Client now supports access to files larger than 2GB. Mac OS 9.0.4 or later is required for this feature.
• DAVE Client now uses 31 character names for filenames longer than 31 characters when communicating with Windows 95/98/Me systems. Previous versions of DAVE would display the Windows 8.3 name.
• NetBIOS has improved support for DHCP under Mac OS 9.1 and later. NetBIOS will no longer update a lease to receive WINS information.
• You can disable NetBIOS warnings about WINS server accessibility using a checkbox in the Admin settings panel of NetBIOS. NetBIOS will now attempt to contact a WINS server for at least eight seconds after TCP/IP is first started regardless of the Admin settings used.
• DAVE Setup Assistant (part of NetBIOS) now searches your network for workgroups and displays them in a pop-up button on the workgroup panel. You still can enter a workgroup manually.
• DAVE Sharing now supports long filenames (up to 255 Unicode characters). It also supports access to files larger than 2GB.
• DAVE now allows you to mount your home directory when logging in. This feature is controlled by a preference in the DAVE application's preference window.
• The DAVE Sharing has a simpler user interface. You may configure shared folders by dragging them to the setup window. To configure sharing, launch the DAVE application and select "File Sharing" from the File menu.
• The DAVE application now provides "progress icons" for copied files to indicate copy progress.
• The DAVE application now supports browsing local volumes. The feature allows users to see the actual name of files with long names and be able to rename and copy these files.
• The DAVE application now supports entering SMB URLs in the "Location" dialog. URLs conforming to the draft standard for SMB service will be accepted.

• DAVE Client properly uses logon credentials when mounting after the user clicks on an alias file.
• A problem where the NetBIOS driver could be removed from memory by the Apple ".ENET" driver has been fixed.
• Print jobs sent to PC printers were occasionally lost.
• Control strip can now enable and disable NetBIOS.
• The DAVE chooser item "Entire Network" item should display workgroups even when a master browser for the workgroup entered in the NetBIOS control panel cannot be found.

• The DAVE application does not display file sizes correctly until a "Get Information" is performed. This is done to speed up directory listings. The initial directory listing only displays the size of the file's data fork, and does not include the size of the resource fork.
• If you are copying whole volumes of files using the DAVE application, you may need to increase the DAVE application's memory.


• DAVE PRINTING ONLY WORKS WITH POSTSCRIPT PRINTERS.
• HP LaserJet Users - DAVE Print Client will work with HP LaserJet printers, but you must use the LaserWriter 8 Chooser item. Be sure you are using LaserWriter 8 version 8.6.5 or later.


• Some Macintosh applications rely on File IDs staying the same even when a volume is unmounted and remounted, or after a long period of time. These applications may encounter difficulty when operating with DAVE, since files on DAVE volumes are not assigned permanent IDs. Some applications that rely on permanent IDs include Quark Express and BBEdit.
• When copying or creating files on a Windows for Workgroups server, the server only compares the first twelve characters of the file name. If the first twelve characters of two file names are the same, DAVE Client will return an error message stating that it cannot create the file because the file already exists.
• On Windows 95 machines, the desktop information may not automatically update. In order to see updated information, users may need to manually refresh their windows after copying or deleting files.
• The "Get Printer Info" feature of Desktop Printing does not work correctly with the DAVE Print Client. The PostScript job sent by the Desktop Printing software does not follow the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions.
• Windows for Workgroups and Windows 95 machines can access files from the Macintosh that contain illegal characters. These \/*?"<>| characters are considered illegal on Windows machines. These special characters are encoded into a string containing a percent sign and a hex value.
• Microsoft Windows NT Backup utility will display warnings when backing up a DAVE volume. This is because DAVE Sharing does not support returning NT Security Descriptors.
• On a dual-boot PC, when the same folder is shared under Windows NT and Windows 95 (or 98), some files on the PC may not be accessible to the DAVE client under one OS that it created under the other OS.
• When using copy and paste to copy a file from a Macintosh using Windows-Explorer, filenames may get converted to all uppercase.