"Sustworks.src 1.0.1 Readme" -- SimpleText read only document
"Sustworks.src" -- Sherlock plugin
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2. PLUGIN SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS 8.5 or later
Sherlock 1.0 or later
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3. HOW TO INSTALL THE PLUGIN
Quit Sherlock (if its running). Drop the Sustworks.src plugin file on to your system folder icon. The MacOS will automatically place the file in the appropriate Sherlock subfolder of the system folder. In some versions of the OS, you may have to restart your Mac for the plugin to be registered properly with Sherlock.
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4. ABOUT THE SUSTWORKS PLUGIN
Sustworks Sherlock plugin searches the Sustainable Softworks website and the last six months of the Nettalk email list server. The main contents of the Nettalk archives emails are related to three Sustainable Softworks products--IPNetRouter, IPNetMonitor, and OT Advanced Tuner. Topics range across the full gamut of Internet Sharing, performance tuning, and general network troubleshooting. For info on how to join Nettalk, visit our main support page at our web site...
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5. SUSTWORKS PRODUCT INFO
Sustainable Softworks distributes and sells its Mac networking products via a demoware distribution model. Currently we have three main products that you are welcome to download from our web site and use for 21 days free of charge. At the end of 21 days a paid registration key is then required if you wish to continue to use our software. All features of the software are available during the 21 day trial period.
IPNetRouter -- share a single internet connection (phone, ISDN, xDSL, cablemodem, etc) through your Macintosh with multiple other computers. Also comes with a builtin DHCP server, IP Filtering, and other advanced routing capabilities. An industry award winner for only $89. Recommended for home users, businesses, and large institutions. No per client fees!
IPNetMonitor -- monitor and help troubleshoot IP networking performance from a Mac. Includes standard internet tools suite plus a DHCP test tool and more. $30.
OT Advanced Tuner -- tweak various Open Transport parameters for better Internet performance on your Mac. Comes with canned performance tuned settings for various Internet connections. $25.
To learn more about and download any of our products visit our site at
http://www.sustworks.com
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6. MORE INFO ON THE PLUGIN & SEARCHING
The relevency order of hits are determined in the following way. Hits on our web site are given the highest relevency. Nettalk archive hits are given higher relevency the closer to the present date that they are; the oldest emails are given the least relevency. Its hard to say which will have the most relevant info regarding any term you are searching under. We chose this method to mirror our seach engine returns from our site search engine.
To search more or less of the Nettalk archives, open the plugin with a text editor, such as BBEdit, and change the date value to the number of months you wish to have the plugin regularly search. The default is 6 (months).
For a more detailed search of our our site and nettalk archives use
http://www.sustworks.com/site/detailed_search.htm
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7. DISTRIBUTION & LICENSE INFO
The software package is copyrighted freeware. You may use it only to search our public internet database engine. You may not knowingly redistribute a modified file from this software package to anyone else without written permission from Sustainable Softworks, Inc. Non-commericial (not for profit) redistribution is automatically granted provided the plugin package will be distributed in its original, unmodified entirety. Permission is hearby granted to modify the plugin for personal use only within the limitations mentioned elsewhere in this paragraph. Commericial (for profit) redistribution requires written permission from Sustainable Softworks, Inc and may entail a licensing fee. To obtain the latest unmodified version of the package, visit our website. E-mail us at info@sustworks.com if you would like permission to include the plugin in any commerical distribution package.
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8. CONCLUSION
We hope you find this plugin useful for searching for Macinstosh networking info and we also hope you enjoy using our products. We would like to express thanks to the users and customers who have made the Nettalk forum such a great repository of information. Hopefully, we will all continue to benefit from this wonderful resource for years to come.
--The Sustainable Softworks Team
9. CHANGE HISTORY
1.0.1
-- fixed custom icon bit in plugin so that the sustworks world logo appears correctly in the Finder and Sherlock
-- created Readme file to package for general distribution