Mac HFS Disk Reader

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