NOTICE.......THIS TEXT FILE MUST ACCOMPANY ALL COPIES OF MACHFSRD.TOS To whom it may concern ... (the person reading this) This program (Mac HFS Disk Reader [aka "MacRead]) was originally written to fill a specific nitch in my current buisness.I needed to transfer Postscript print files and some TIF files from a MAC to my TT. I must admit though,that I myself did not write this program.(Software aint my thing) It was done for me (at a price that I could afford) by a friend and darn good programmer whose name shows up at the top of the first screen.(his company name is REEVsoft,and his quick work saved my behind) I will tell you up front that this version has a few problems.File sizes over 14mb can choke,there is no checking for free HD space at the path you specify. It will only READ FROM a mac formatted scsi/dma HD,or a SPECTRE formatted floppy disk.(HFS of course) and sometimes SQ555 formatted with odd drivers choke, but PLI drivers are OK. The program is a keyboard driven TOS file. Well we cant all be perfect.(at a price I can afford) We (Compu-Seller West)originally (January 1992) sent a copy of this program to a company in California, who was interested in purchasing the rights in order to build it into a module for one of their programs already beginning to show up in the market place. They were all RUSH-RUSH to get them the software to evaluate and send overseas for "tweeking" and the necessary improvements. Well time passed,and I had a chance to attend the ACE show this year, and to my surprise I saw My software for SALE by the California Company.In the original form that it was sent to them by me in january ! they called it "MACREAD". I was there to help them at the show to handle sales because they could not accept charge cards. NOTICE .. ALL SALES PROCEEDS WERE HANDED OVER TO THEM AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SHOW - COMPU-SELLER WEST DID NOT RECIEVE ANY MONIES FOR ANY SALES OR HELP GIVEN. In fairness I talked to the VP of their company and he promised compensation would be forthcoming immediately. They sell a piece of hardware that I wanted to get,and had originally [jan92] requested [plus x amount of dollars worth of software/hardware/cash]if they wanted the prg. Again time had passed...So my programmer friend and I decided to redo the program and give it some new features like a gem interface,transfers TO and FROM HFS disks, multiple file transfers without re-running program, transfers with and without translations,unlimited file sizes,and more accurate error trapping. I personally spoke to the VP again and told him that what we were intending to do, and I was sending a letter officially stating our intentions. He seemed not to like this new situation, and as it turned out they refused to accept my letter in the mail.The letter is now being posted along with this software and text file. Perhaps NOW they will read it....I thought I was being pretty nice about it.................So thats why we decided to release the original version into the public domain. We would like to reward those people who purchased this program by offering an upgrade to the new version "MacSEE" for 5 dollars plus your original program disk and manual and a copy of your receipt.(sorry we cant refund your purchase price, we never saw your money!) MacSEE should be available soon through normal software distribution channels for the rest of you. At a Suggested Retail price of $49.95 The address to send your upgrade requests is (please do not send cash or personal checks) Compu-Seller West attn.REEVsoft 220.5 West Main Street Saint Charles Il 60174 Now ..... HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM (Mac HFS Disk Reader) Double click on the file MACHFSRD.TOS The first menu should appear requesting device choice next scanning occurs for HFS format on selected device if HFS not found, program aborts to desktop if HFS found, root directory is displayed and you are given choice to move to new directory or choose file to transfer next destination is requested for file xfer to an ATARI formated disk (FD/HD) once transfer complete, program aborts to desktop Thats all thats to it... We hope that you use this program, and like it enough to purchase our new version as soon as it is available. D A BAHR Compu-Seller West