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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.