Silver Cloud is a hierarchical replacement for the Macintosh Chooser which simplifies finding and selecting network resources such as printers, modems, servers, etc. It includes the ability to organize AppleTalk zones into hierarchical zone folders, to create device folders containing convenient aliases for favorite devices, and to save configurations for use in the future or on multiple networks.
Commercial & Shareware version differences
This shareware version of Silver Cloud is different from the commercially available version. The shareware version does not come with the Network Manager administrative tool which provides the network manager the means to present and control consistent, simple "views" of the network which ultimately appear in the "Chooser". The shareware version includes a shareware dialog screen that will appear each time Silver Cloud is used, as long as it is unregistered. Other than these differences, the shareware version is identical to the commercial version.
Getting Started
Drag Silver Cloud into the desk accessory folder within your system folder. Open Silver Cloud and it will scan your network for AppleTalk zones. The lower left window in Silver Cloud is the zone window. You can create new zone folders and new device folders within the zone window. You can drag frequently accessed zones into the zone folder and drag frequently used devices into the device folder. It's that simple. Now rather than scroll through long lists of zones or devices, you can limit your choices to those that you use most frequently. Your configuration is saved within the Preferences folder as the file named Silver Cloud Preferences.
System Requirements
Silver Cloud works with any Macintosh Classic or higher, including PowerBooks and Quadras. The Macintosh must be running System 6.0.5 or higher (Silver Cloud is System 7 compatible).
Registering And Paying For Silver Cloud
This program is Shareware, which means that if you use it, you should pay a shareware fee for each computer on which it is used. The US$20 single user price, shown in the Register program, decreases as the number of copies being purchased increases.
Use the Register program that is bundled with this software to fill out the registration form and send (Email, Postal Mail or FAX) it to our distributor, Kagi Shareware. They accept a variety of payment forms (checks in US dollars, cash from a variety of countries, credit cards, First Virtual, and for those of you with Accounts Payable Departments, an Invoice). The output from the Register program details where to send the payment. Questions concerning payments should be sent to Kagi Shareware at <shareware@kagi.com>.
After you send in your payment, you will receive a registration number that will disable the shareware message that appears each time you open Silver Cloud.
About the Commercial Version of Silver Cloud
The commercial version of Silver Cloud addresses network administrator needs for centralized control of Silver Cloud network views. After a one time install of the Client Package Init on each user's Macintosh, the administrator can install and update Silver Cloud from their Macintosh without user participation.
Conversion from the shareware version to the commercial version of Silver Cloud with administrative features is available. Please contact <info@aggroup.com> for details.
About The AG Group
The AG Group, Inc. specializes in easy-to-use software tools for troubleshooting, optimizing, maintaining and expanding multivendor computer networks. While designed to take advantage of the intuitive, graphical interface of the Macintosh, our products can be used in virtually any heterogeneous networking environment. Our other commercial products include:
Network and Protocol Analysis Software
These products listening for and capture every data packet on the network wire. When you really want to see what is happening on your network, you need network analysis software.
EtherPeekｪ - Ethernet Network Analysis Software
LocalPeekｪ - LocalTalk Network Analysis Software
TokenPeekｪ - Token Ring Network Analysis Software
Ethernet LAN/WAN Network Analysis and Archiving Software
･ Satellite is the remote data collection and archiving engine that is distributed across your entire network, one Satellite per networking segment.
･ Skyline is the monitoring and analysis console that taps into the data collected by the various Satellites to provide one overall picture of the activity, present and past, on your network(s). Skyline includes features most desired by Network Administrators, including alerts, threshold observations, integration with pagers, etc.
･ NetMeter is real-time monitoring software that also taps into the data collected by various Satellites. It provides a variety of simple meters that use text, numbers, voice, sounds and movies to characterize current network performance. NetMeter displays a subset of the data displayed by Skyline but it uses the richness of multimedia to present the information.
Network and Protocol Analysis Starter Bundles
Network Troubleshooting Starter Kit for Ethernet
Network Troubleshooting Starter Kit for LocalTalk
Network Monitoring Software
Net Watchmanｪ - An AppleTalk network early warning monitor. From a centralized location, identify problems before users complain about them.
PRO Pack - EtherPeek, Skyline/Satellite, Net Watchman
AppleShare Server Management Software
Nok Nokｪ - Personal File Sharing Management
Nok Nok A/Sｪ - AppleShare Server Monitor
LookOut!ｪ - AppleShare Server Overview Utility
Network Utility Software
Silver Cloudｪ - Hierarchical "Chooser" for AppleTalk Networks
Network Management Training
Videotape training series
"Intro to Ethernet & Basic Ethernet Troubleshooting" (includes text reference)
"Introduction to the Peek Products"
"Getting Started with AppleTalk Protocol Analysis" (includes text reference)
"Solving the Most Common Network Problems"
Video Bundle (includes all 4 videos + 2 text references)
Technical Support
If you are a registered user of Silver Cloud and you encounter a problem in the operation of the software, please document the problem as carefully as possible so that we can, if necessary, reproduce it and then send your report to our Technical Support Department by any of the methods described below. Please make certain to report your Silver Cloud version number.
AG Group Technical Support Contact Numbers/e-mail addresses:
+1 (510) 937-7900 (voice)
+1 (800) 466-2447 (voice USA)
+1 (510) 937-2479 (fax)
techsupport@aggroup.com (internet)
ag.group (AppleLink)
74431, 2500 (CompuServe)
aggroup (eWorld)
Shareware Distribution
You may distribute this program as a complete bundle of components in any way you wish as long as you don't charge for it (except for reasonable download costs). This bundle of components contains: Silver Cloud software, the PDF formatted documentation, Register software and this Silver Cloud Read Me file. The AG Group, Inc. doesnﾕt guarantee any support for unregistered copies.
You MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE this program on any disk costing more than $5 without explicit permission from the ag group, inc. You MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE this program on any CD without explicit permission from the AG Group, Inc.
Fine Print
Copyright 1995 The AG Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Silver Cloud is a trademark of The AG Group, Inc., Chooser is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., all other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.
