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MacEnvy CDEV (Version 1.0)
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Written by Ken McLeod
Copyright ⌐1989, Blue Cloud Software; All Rights Reserved
You may use and distribute MacEnvy at no charge, but you may not
sell it, or collect money for its distribution (normal disk duplication
fees excepted). Anyone wishing to distribute MacEnvy along with any
commercial or shareware software package may do so only with my express
written consent.
Purpose
-------
The Macintosh today is a far cry from being the little beige appliance
its creators envisioned. There are now practically endless options for
upgrading your Mac, whether it be a lowly 128/512K or a high-end IIx,
to give it some new functionality. With the large number of RAM upgrades,
motherboard swaps, internal hard drives, ROM revisions, plug-in chips,
cards, and boards, it can be difficult to tell "what's in the box" without
physically opening the Mac and looking inside!
MacEnvy was created, in short, to tell you exactly What's In The Box.
It provides a concise display of all the major hardware you've got, along
with information about your software environment, in one easily accessible
place: the Control Panel. Need to know if you've got the 'new' clock chip
in your 512E? Need to know if there's a 68851 PMMU chip in that Mac II?
Can't remember when you last backed up your hard disk? MacEnvy will tell you.
System Requirements
-------------------
This version of MacEnvy has two requirements:
1) A version of the Control Panel (3.0 or greater) which supports 'cdevs'
2) A machine with the 128K (Mac Plus) ROM or greater
Currently, MacEnvy makes use of some routines that are not available in
the original (64K) Macintosh ROM. This restriction may be removed in a
future version; for now, I assume that if you've never upgraded your
"classic Mac", you aren't running a System capable of supporting 'cdevs',
and you already know exactly "what's in the box" anyway.
Installing MacEnvy
------------------
Place the MacEnvy cdev file in your System Folder. That's all there is
to it; rebooting is not necessary.
Using MacEnvy
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To use MacEnvy, select "Control Panel" from the Apple menu, then click
on MacEnvy's icon in the Control Panel's scrolling list. MacEnvy's display
is divided into two "pages", one for hardware and one for software. Clicking
on the appropriate button will display that "page" of information.
What MacEnvy Tells You, pt.1: Hardware
---------------------------------------
- Memory
The amount of RAM installed in your Macintosh.
- Processor
The type of microprocessor chip installed.
- Coprocessor
The type of floating-point coprocessor chip installed (if any).
- PMMU Chip
The type of Paged Memory Management Unit installed (if any).
- Monitor
The size (in pixels) of your Macintosh's main display device.
- Resolution
The number of pixels per inch, horizontally & vertically.
- Graphics
The display graphics model used (i.e. QuickDraw, Display PostScript).
- Keyboard
The type of keyboard attached to your machine.
- Disk Drives
The number and type of storage devices connected.
- SCSI Port
Whether or not SCSI is available on your machine.
- PRAM Info
The type and size of the clock chip in your Macintosh.
- ROM Info
The size, version, and revision number of your machine's ROM.
What MacEnvy Tells You, pt.2: Software
---------------------------------------
- System
The version number of the System file currently in use.
- Finder
The version number of the Finder currently in use.
- MultiFinder
The version number of MultiFinder, if currently in use.
- File System
The file system currently in use (i.e. HFS, MFS, A/UX).
- Boot Volume
The name and capacity of the default (startup) volume.
- Volume Use
The number of files and free space on the default volume.
- Last Backup
The date when the default volume was last backed up, and the
number of days elapsed since then. (Note: the Macintosh's system
clock must be set correctly in order to make this meaningful!)
- Current App
Name of the "shell", or program, that launched the Control Panel.
- User Name
Name that the System uses for your machine when printing, etc.
The User Name is set via the Chooser desk accessory.
- Printing To
Name of the device to which your system is configured to print.
- AppleTalk
The version number of the AppleTalk driver, if AppleTalk is on.
- SysEnvirons
The highest available version number of SysEnvirons (a programming
function supported in System software).
Changes since 1.0d8
-------------------
-- 11 new categories of info have been added.
-- fixed problem with display of 3-digit version numbers
(e.g. "6.0.2")
-- fixed problem where the Control Panel's background pattern
was trashed on multi-bit monitors after a call to ScrollRect.
-- the problem with recognition of separate numeric keypads
on 128K ROM Macs appears to be fixed now.
-- removed code which made bad assumptions about future
versions of the SysEnvirons call.
-- added the recommended check for MacWorks Plus.
-- added check for A/UX (A/UX 1.1 supports DAs & cdevs)
-- changed Macintosh SE icon to look more like an SE.
-- the Macintosh IIx and SE/30 are now recognized.
-- made Life more sensitive to a mouse click.
-- the "Life" world is now toroidal (it wraps around).
Future Enhancements
-------------------
Many people have offered helpful feedback since MacEnvy 1.0d8
first appeared on the networks several months ago. Some of those
suggestions appear in this version; others are yet to be implemented.
Planned enhancements for the next release of MacEnvy include:
-- use of STR# resources to allow customization/translation
-- display of slot usage (on machines with slots)
-- recognition of international (non-U.S.) environments
-- (and, of course...) support for new machines as they appear
Comments, Suggestions, Etc.
---------------------------
If you have bug reports or suggestions, I can be contacted via
electronic mail at:
felix!dhw68k!thecloud@ics.uci.edu (UUCP)
thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (InterNet)
or
The AppleBus BBS (818) 919-5459 (box #8, or feedback to sysop)
Sorry, no high-priced CompuServe or AppleLink addresses (yet).