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* Disk Copy 6.3: Quick Reference * SerialDMA 2.1 Update: Read Me
Name: Disk Copy Version: 6.3 Released: July 8, 1998
Requires: Disk Copy requires U.S.-English System Software 7.0.1 or later and is a "fat binary" for both PowerPC and 68K-based Mac OS compatible computers. Macintosh Application Environment 3.0 Update 4 or later is also supported; A/UX is not supported.
Note: Due to a potential data cache issue, it is not recommended to create or work with read-write disk images on System Software prior to 7.5. Please upgrade to System Software 7.5 or greater if you need to create or use read-write disk images.
Description: Disk Copy is a utility application that will mount disk images on your desktop, make exact copies of floppy disks from a disk image, convert disk images from one format to another, create a disk image from a mounted volume or individual folder, segment a disk image into separate files, create self-mounting disk images, and create a new blank disk image. Using DiskScripts, AppleScript, and self mounting images, it can be used to automate software installations and disk image manipulation. Disk Copy features extensive Balloon Help and supports Drag and Drop (requires System Software 7.5 or later), AppleScript, PlainTalk Text-to-Speech, Navigation Services, and DigiSign digital signatures. For more information, please see the Quick Reference document included with this software.
This software consists of a self-mounting Disk Copy compressed image (.smi) file. Download this software to your hard drive and then double-click it to use it. You do not need Disk Copy to access .smi files.
The URL to find this TIL article is: http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n30584
--------------------------------------------------------------------- MOD 30581 SerialDMA 2.1 Update: Read Me
Name: SerialDMA Update Version: 2.1 Released: July 8, 1998
Requires: SerialDMA 2.1 extension works with U.S. English Mac OS 7.6.1, 8.0, or 8.1, and any of the following Mac OS computers: Power Macintosh 4400, Power Macintosh 5500, Power Macintosh 6500, Twentieth Aniversary Macintosh, Power Macintosh 7220, Power Macintosh G3, PowerBook 2400, PowerBook 3400, PowerBook G3, or PowerBook G3 Series.
Description: Includes version 2.1 of the SerialDMA extension, which supplies a replacement serial driver for a specific set of Mac OS computers. This new driver fixes an incompatability that prevents certain serial devices, such as digital cameras, from establishing an initial connection. If you are using one of the Mac OS computers listed above, and you are using a serial device which cannot establish an initial connection, you should install this update.
Instructions: This software consists of a self-mounting Disk Copy compressed image (.smi) file. Download this software to your hard drive and then double-click it to use it. You do not need Disk Copy to access .smi files.
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