MacScuzzy for Windows Technical Data Sheet

Description

MacScuzzy is an utility for reading and writing all Apple Macintosh SCSI
media on a PC: SyQuest cartridges (44 and 88 MB), Bernoulli drives, 128,
300 and 600 MB magneto-optical cartridges and more generally all hard
disks up to 1 GB. Under DOS, MacScuzzy offers a semi-graphical user
interface to simplify file handling, importing and exporting. As a Windows
application, MacScuzzy for Windows offers the well known user-friendliness
of the Microsoft graphical user interface.

Targeted users

MacScuzzy is aimed primarily at users of high-end desktop publishing and
graphics applications (text and illustration file exchanges between Mac
and PC, for example between the Macintosh and Windows versions of
PageMaker, Quark Xpress, etc.). MacScuzzy users typically produce black &
white or color DTP output or work with computer-generated images.

Hardware configuration

PC or compatible with SCSI bus configuration. As a superset of MacSQ,
MacScuzzy directly drives Adaptec host adapters (and all other
ASPI-compatible configurations) under Windows and DOS. Under DOS, it also
drives a number of low-cost 8 bit adapters (SyDos, D2), other special
boards (Longshine IDE/SCSI controller) and some parallel port solutions
(Puma, Para D2). File size (on disk) 200 KB. Program size (in RAM) under
130 KB.

Technical characteristics

Transient program (not a Terminate and Stay Resident) for reading and
writing Macintosh SCSI media (see above).
MacScuzzy 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 volume.
  (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 tree file 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).
* For copyright (removable media Macintosh volumes must carry
  their driver), the formatting function is not yet validated.
* Utilities are included for copying and uploading the file
  handling structure of an empty formatted volume (similar to 
  the /Q switch of the MS-DOS Format command).
* Creation of Macintosh subdirectories.
* Selective extraction of files on the Macintosh volume from the
  DOS 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, MacScuzzy 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 MacScuzzy, 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 MacScuzzy icon are explained in the manual.

Matching of Mac and PC file names

MacScuzzy renames Macintosh files taking 8+3 legal characters of the
Macintosh name. If the name is short (maximum 8 bytes), MacScuzzy 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, MacScuzzy 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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