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- DiskMaker Advanced Disk Formatting And Utilities
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- Contact:
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- Golden Triangle Computers, Inc.
- Chris Grosenick
- 4849 Ronson Court
- San Diego, CA 92111
- (619) 279-2100
- AppleLink: D0593
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- San Diego, Calif. — July 8, 1991 — Golden Triangle announced today that it has
- introduced a new disk formatting and utilities package for Macintosh® hard
- disks. DiskMaker™ is a flexible program that lets users install a new disk
- without partitions by clicking a single button. For more advanced users, it
- delivers the most complete security and disk management options available.
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- DiskMaker sells for $89. It works with all brands and models of SCSI disks
- and is now available.
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- DiskMaker is really an "accidental" product. Golden Triangle never intended
- to sell it when they developed it. John Hamon, president of Golden Triangle,
- tells the story. "We developed a bare bones disk formatting program to enable
- PartitionTwin, one of our other products, to work. In fact, we always called
- the program 'Bones,' although we kept adding features and functions to it.
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- "When we released PartitionTwin, a lot of our beta sites and early adopters
- called and said it was the best formatting program they'd ever used because it
- was easy and complete. They encouraged us to make it available because so many
- drives come with truly lame software. We worked on it some more, and here it
- is.”
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- Easy Partitioning And Better Security
- Like most hard disk formatting programs, DiskMaker allows users to subdivide
- disks into multiple volumes (or partitions). Users can mount partitions either
- automatically at startup or later on command. Password protection secures
- individual partitions without making the entire disk inaccessible to others.
- DiskMaker guides users through partitioning during setup with a simple user
- interface, and online help is available.
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- Unlike other packages, DiskMaker has a master password feature that allows
- users to override individual volume passwords if they ever forget them. Users
- can also write-lock partitions to avoid accidental changes. All these options
- are accessible from the Apple menu under System 7.0 or from the Control Panel
- under System 6.
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- System 7 Compatibility
- As Mac users switch to System 7, some are finding that their existing disk
- format is incompatible. DiskMaker is a simple, inexpensive fix that lets users
- have their hard disk and System 7, too. It's fully compatible with System 7
- and works with virtual memory.
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- Hot Replacement For Removable Media
- DiskMaker lets users change the cartridge in a removable media drive,
- including erasable optical disks, without restarting. Now users can treat
- removable disks like floppies: Drag the cartridge to the trash, eject the
- cartridge, replace it with a new one, and DiskMaker brings the new disk to the
- desktop.
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- DiskMaker is a convenient way for volume corporate buyers to install all the
- company's disks with the same complete, easy-to-use utilities, no matter what
- brands they purchase. Golden Triangle will also sell DiskMaker as a turnkey
- alternative to small drive distributors and dealers who bundle disk drive
- solutions.
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- Golden Triangle Computers provides backup solutions for individual and
- networked Macintosh users. Golden Triangle markets its products to end users
- through dealers, distributors and through OEM relationships with makers of
- standard Macintosh peripherals. The company was founded in 1987 and is
- privately held.
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- DiskMaker and PartitionTwin are trademarks of Golden Triangle Computers, Inc.
- Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
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- This information is provided by the product's developer or distributor and
- constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation by Apple Computer,
- Inc.. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to selection, performance or
- use of this product. All understandings, agreements and warranties, if any,
- take place directly between the developer and the prospective user.
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