MacDisk for Windows Technical Data Sheet

Description

MacDisk is an utility for reading, writing and formatting Macintosh HD
floppy disks (1.44 MB) on a PC without any hardware changes or add-on.
Under DOS, MacDisk offers a semi-graphical user interface to simplify file
handling, importing and exporting. As a Windows application, MacDisk for
Windows offers the well known user-friendliness of the Microsoft graphical
user interface.

Targeted users

MacDisk is aimed at users of business software in the broadest sense. It
handles file exchanges between the Macintosh and PC versions of Word,
Excel, WordPerfect and all other programs available on both platforms.
MacDisk also covers the transfer needs of entry-level DTP, vector graphics
and small scanner output files, to the extent that such files can be
stored on 1.44 MB HD disks.

Hardware configuration

PC or compatible without hardware change or add-on. Special command line
switch (with slight speed loss) for PS/2 and OS/2 configurations. File
size (on disk) 200 KB. Program size (in RAM) under 130 KB (the DOS version
can be run in a DOS session launched from a word-processing program).

Technical characteristics

Transient program (not a Terminate and Stay Resident) for reading, writing
and formatting Macintosh HD floppy disks (1.44 MB).

MacDisk is a transfer utility and does not alter the content of the files.
Most applications existing in both PC and Macintosh versions offer
extensive import/export functions, which cover daily needs.

Available functions:

* Copying of files/directories to/from the Macintosh HD disk
  (including copying PC directories with subdirectories, which
  are recreated on the Macintosh in the form of folders and
  subfolders, and vice-versa for copying from PC to Macintosh,
  with complete reconstruction of the file-tree structure of the
  original volume).
* Editing Macintosh file/directory names and Macintosh volume
  labels.
* Deleting Macintosh files/directories (including complete
  directories with files and subdirectories).
* Formatting Macintosh disks, with a quick reformatting option
  (similar to the /Q switch of the MS-DOS Format command).
* Creation of Macintosh subdirectories.
* Selective extraction of files in the Macintosh volume from 
  the command line (automatic flashing systems).
* Under DOS, command line operation to automate most reading
  and writing operations (batch files).
* Direct copying from the Macintosh volume to the PC's parallel
  or serial port. Display and editing of Macintosh file
  attributes (creator, type, date).
* Assignment of file signatures according to extensions (DOC for
  Word, XLS for Excel, etc.) with possibility of editing the
  internal correspondence table according to user needs.
* Sensible treatment of accented characters.
* Includes a conversion utility between ASCII, ANSI and Text-only
  (DOS, Windows and Macintosh).

Installation

Unlike most Windows applications, MacDisk does not come with an
installation utility. Since such utilities invariably make more or less
accurate guesses about your configuration and often alter you system files
without telling you, we have opted for a more conservative approach. To
install MacDisk, you simply copy the program and its auxiliary files to a
directory of your choice. This procedure as well as the creation of a
Windows program item with the MacDisk icon are explained in the manual.

Matching of Mac and PC file names

MacDisk renames Macintosh files by taking 8+3 legal characters of the
Macintosh name. If the name is short (maximum 8 bytes), MacDisk appends an
extension based on the file signature (file type and creator). Files
copied to the Macintosh are given a file signature (to which the Finder
will assign an icon), based on the DOS file extension (XLS = Excel, DOC =
Word, etc.). The internal correspondence table can be edited according to
user needs.

Data and resource forks of Macintosh files

By default, MacDisk only copies the data fork. But you can also copy the
resource fork or both the data and the resources fork (including the
Finder header, compatible with the MacBinary standard).

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