Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!keith From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: MultiFinder & ResEdit Message-ID: <30594@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 13 May 89 03:05:26 GMT References: <45398@XAIT.Xerox.COM> <7234@hoptoad.uucp> <30539@apple.Apple.COM> <160@sharkey.cc.umich.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 112 In article <160@sharkey.cc.umich.edu> pweent@spanglebaby.cc.umich.edu (Brian Hall) writes: >In article <30539@apple.Apple.COM> keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes: >>... Phil and Dave's Excellent CD (the new >>Developer Helper disk from Apple DTS)... > >Please tell me more about this DTS CD. Sounds like I should try >and get a copy. > Here are the first 2 pages of the liner notes that come with the CD: The Zen of Phil & Dave: Phil & Dave Excellent CD is a comprehensive collection of resources for Apple Developers, and it is the first in a series of development tools provided on CD-ROM under the title of Developer Helper(TM). In this prerelease incarnation, Phil & Dave is a rough example of what can be done with today's CD-ROM tech- nology to help developers (and Apple) organize and more effectively use all the information that is available for product development. As in the past with the Developer Technical Support (DTS) Technical Notes Stack and the just-released Q & A Stack, Phil & Dave is another step towards Apple's goal of providing its developers with the best technical support in the industry. With Phil & Dave, you now have a tool that puts at your finger- tips much of the development information you need on a day-to-day basis. Now you can find the answers to many of your technical questions in a matter of seconds, without searching through tomes of unorganized technical documentation. Phil & Dave also includes programming tools and utilities written by developers, and Apple engineers. These little tidbits can make your life a lot easier and might save you from re-inventing the wheel. If you have any favorties that you would like to contribute, let us know and wh'll try to get them included in the next release. Tha Apple Developer Group will be releasing new volumes of Developer Helper every quarter, and these will be sent in the regular Developer Services' monthly mailings. Phil & Dave and everyone else in the Apple Developer Group (including the dogcow) thank you for using Phil & Dave's Excellent CD, and especially for creating the great products that make the Apple(R) II and Macintosh(R) com- puters as successful as they are. Because Phil & Dave is a tool for you, your feedback and suggestions are important to us (really). Please let us know what you think and what we can do to make tools such as Phil & Dave more useful to you. Address your comments to: Phil & Dave Apple Developer Group Apple Computer Inc 20525 Mariani Ave M/S 51T Cupertino, CA 95014 AppleLink: DTS.Feedback ========================================================================== So much for liner notes. Here's what's really on the disk (this is acually described in the rest of the 22 pages of liner notes): HFS Partition: Disk Central (all past and present system disks, including current International versions) HyperCard (includes current domestic and International version) Information Island (handy Stacks for various types of information) Moof (aka Dogcow Heaven) (DTS toybox. Contains Technotes Stack, Q&A Stack, useful DA's and INITs, debugging tools such as Macsbug Reanimator and RamDump, documentation updates and the official "Apple publications Style Guide" and "Apple Publications Glossary", Inside mac hacks, 5 years of obfuscated c finalists, hardware tools such as NuBus Tester, Hypercard goodies such as developer kits, groupies, and way too may XCMDs and XFCNs, International goodies such as Blesser, Localizer, and Trans- lateIT!, MPW junk such as all the 3.0 interfaces and DTS scripts and tricks, Network goodies such as ADSP, MacTCP, and AppleTalk and Ethernet tools, Pearl Lisp, Apple II and Mac Sample Code, Apple II and Mac Technotes, revised technote and Q & A stacks through May '89) [whew!] Peripherals (software for that Apple FAX, CD SC drive, and imaging device of your choice. hard disk and tape backup utilities are provided, and for those of you who can't live without it, there's even Macintalk(TM), complete with interface files and sample programs). Utilities (Includes DredEdit 1.2, SEdit (a SCSI editor), and a growing list of anti-virus utilities (soon to outnumber viruses) Outside bug reporter, UnStuffit, FDA Mover, TeachText, and even the venerable Edit) ProDOS partition II.DISK.CENTRAL (past and present ProDOS and GS/OS system disks plus AppleShare WorkStation and BASIC Examples disks) GUIDED.TOURS (Yep, they're all here) TOOLS (Son of DogCow) (Includes the IIGS Debugger, Icon Editor, and development DA's such as Loader/Dumper and Scrambler. Also included are the APW interface files and tools such as Compact. And who could forget the DTS official Sample Code and Technical Notes, revised and updated through April '89) UTILITIES (SCSI tools, PRODOS.PACKER, and others) Sound Partition Now what what would an Apple Product be like without music (no, I *don't* mean Apple Corp.; I mean Apple Computer, Inc.). For your listening pleasure, we've included almost 30 minutes of audio sound- tracks. Nuff said... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith Rollin --- Apple Computer, Inc. --- Developer Technical Support INTERNET: keith@apple.com UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith "Argue for your Apple, and sure enough, it's yours" - Keith Rollin, Contusions