READ ME ABOUT: - THE PERFORMA LINE - THE PERFORMA SOFTWARE STRATEGY - SYSTEM 7.0.1P and 7.1P GOLDEN MASTER SSW - RECOMMENDED ACTION PLAN - INSTALLATION NOTES: WARNING: DO NOT IGNORE THESE AS THE INSTALLATION PROCESS IS DIFFERENT THAN INSTALLATION ON OTHER MAC IIs!!!!!! ¥ THE PERFORMA LINE On Monday, 14 September 1992, Apple introduced the Macintosh Performa line at the New York City Public Library which Apple will sell in its consumer channel. The consumer channel consists of eleven US retailers (namely Montgomery Ward, Circuit City, Dayton Hudson, OfficeMax, Staples, Incredible Universe, Tops, Lechmere, Silo, Office Depot, and Sears) with a total of 1800 outlets. The Performa line is as follows: Performa 200 = Classic 2 4/80 Performa 400 = LC II 4/80 Performa 600 = a 32 Mhz CPU without either the FPU or cache 4/160 Performa 600CD = a 32 Mhz CPU without either the FPU or cache 5/160 & CD300 The Performa 200 and 400 are available immediately. The Performa 600 will not be available UNTIL NOVEMBER. ¥ THE PERFORMA SOFTWARE STRATEGY This new family of computers designed for families uses a slightly modified version of System 7.0.1 called 7.0.1P or a modified version of System 7.1 called 7.1P. Which systems ship with which software? Performa 200 = 7.0.1P Performa 400 = 7.0.1P Performa 600 = 7.1P Performa 600CD = 7.1P When will the systems run the software? We will be changing the software that the Performa 200 and 400 operates under as described below: September 14th Performa 200 and 400 ship with 7.0.1P November 1st (est) Performa 600 ships with 7.1P Performa 600 will never ship with 7.0.1P Late November (est) Performa 200 and 400 ships with 7.1P. These machines will no longer ship with 7.0.1P We adopted this strategy so that we could roll out the Performa line within the consumer channel's buying cycles. BECAUSE OF THIS SCHEDULE, THERE WILL BE VERY FEW PERFORMA 200s AND 400s IN THE US MARKET. ¥ SYSTEM 7.0.1P AND 7.1P GOLDEN MASTER SSW The following describes the changes made to 7.0.1 and 7.1. For answers to detailed questions about these changes, please contact DEV.SUPPORT. Six changes were made to 7.0.1 and 7.1 to adapt the Mac OS to the needs of users who buy in consumer channel. These changes were identified and tested through extensive focus group work during the spring and summer. The changes are: 1. Application 'Launcher': psuedo-finder extension in the Control panel initially consisting of aliases for: a) the apps Happy Mac'd onto the machine; b) a mouse tutorial; c) a restore & backup program; and d) Teach Text. A user clicking on a button opens the selected program by sending AppleEvents to the Finder. Launcher is a window that can be moved or resized and its view can be changed. Users can add buttons to 'Launcher' by creating an alias and then dropping it in their launcher items folder located within the system folder. 2. Default document folder & default application folder. Apple made a patch to the Standard File such that when a user selects 'saves', 'saves as', or 'get', the user is sent to this document. No longer can you accidentally put your document in the application folder. Users can still save documents outside of this folder if they wish but they must actively select it. 3. Finder layer hiding. Unlike in System 7, when an app is launched, all Finder and Control Panel windows are hidden from view. Further, when a user clicks outside the app's window, he will not return to the Finder. When a user quits the application, he returns to the Finder, not the last open application. The user can have several applications open at the same time. 4. New desktop patterns. When selecting the desktop pattern box in the General Controls panel, the user will have a number of pattern and color choices to select from. 5. Backup and restore: Apple Backup & Restore, which can be opened from the launcher, lets the user back up his system folder or his entire hard disk. These are the only two choices. 6. A Performa 400 and 600 always starts up in 8bit color. Today, if a user purchases a monitor and then connects it, they begin in black & white mode and need to go to the monitor control panel to change it. Now users will not have to do this. In addition, all systems contain At Ease, AppleÕs newest system extension. How does my application become "P" aware? Apple will be releasing information to enable developers to make their applications "P" aware through the Apple Developer Group. Stay tuned to learn how your application can store itself in the application folder, the documents in the documents folder, and the aliases in the system folder. ¥ RECOMMENDED ACTION PLAN To respond to this new software, you should implement the following suggested steps: Step 1: Now: - Read the feature change history above - Install the enclosed 7.0.1P and 7.1P software on your LCII or Classic II and try out the features and your applications Step 2: by early October - Train your support team on the 7.0.1P and 7.1P interface in case customers have questions. AppleÕs testing groups have successfully tested approximately 70 consumer and general business applications under 7.0.1P and 7.1P so we expect that your application will work fine. ¥ INSTALLATION NOTES a) 7.0.1P software will only operate on a Performa 200 and Performa 400 (Macintosh Classic II and Macintosh LC II). 7.1P software will only operate on the Performa 200, 400 and 600 (Macintosh IIvx/IIvi). Do not attempt to install this software on other Macintosh computers. b) Before installing your new System Software, please "unbless" the System Folder on your target disk by dragging the System file into another folder (for example, the Preferences folder) and renaming the System Folder so that the Installer will install a completely new System Folder. c) Rename your internal hard drive to "Macintosh HD" The Apple Restore program will only restore to the internal hard drive, and the name must be "Macintosh HD" for the software to operate correctly (you may change the name of the hard drive after the software has been successfully restored). c) Your CD contains disk images of the floppy disks you need to install your new system. To use disk images, double-click on the first image. This will launch you into Disk Copy, and you will be asked to insert a disk on which the image will be imprinted. Continue loading disk images and doing disk imprints until you have a full set (6 disks for 7.0.1P and 7 disks for 7.1P). e) 7.0.1P and 7.1P can only be installed by booting from the unlocked Utilities floppy you made. After booting from the Utilities disk, double click on the application called 'Apple Restore' and follow the instructions that appear on the screen.