E.T.O.: Essentials - Tools - Objects is Apple’s product for providing the serious Macintosh Developer, with the latest versions of Apple Development Tools PLUS the Essential Information to work AND provide access to selected pre-release versions to provide an early start using new enhancements to Apple’s tools and systems.
• WHAT IS E.T.O.?
E.T.O. is the most complete and comprehensive collection of Apple Development Tools ever combined in one package. E.T.O. contains of all of the most widely used Apple Development Tools, on a CD-ROM, with hardcopy final documentation, and is sold as a quarterly subscription.
• WHAT’S HERE?
E.T.O. includes:
- MPW development environment
- MacApp application framework
- MPW Object Pascal
- MPW C
- MPW C++
- MPW Assembler
- SADE
- ResEdit, MacsBug, Virtual User etc
- Developer Essentials
- Selected pre-release versions
• WHAT'S NEW ON E.T.O. #4?
Some exciting new things have been added to this edition of E.T.O.
-- MPW 3.2 Final
-- System 7.0 Final
-- MacApp 3.0a2
-- ToolServer 1.0 beta
-- Sourcebug 1.0 beta source-level debugger
-- MPW QR4 (Quarterly Release #4)
-- MPW PQR4 (Prototype Quarterly Release #4)
• A NOTE ON VERSIONS
ETO contains several types of MPW releases. They are: final versions, quarterly releases (QR) and prototype (or experimental) quarterly releases (PQR). Final releases are fully tested versions of the product. "QR" releases are pre-final versions that are being used internally at Apple and are of sufficient quality for developers to build finished versions of their work. "PQR" releases are experimental versions that are not fully tested and are included only to give developers an indication of Apple's future product direction.
• HOW E.T.O. IS ORGANIZED.
E.T.O. is arranged into two main parts. “Essentials” and “Tools & Objects”.
ESSENTIALS
Essentials corresponds to the collection of information called “Developer Essentials” that comes as a single CD-ROM bundled with the develop Technical Journal and also included as part of all other Apple Developer Group CD-ROMs.
Developer Essentials is a collection of the tools and information that Apple feels EVERY developer should have regardles of what development environment they use or what Apple machine they work with.
Developer Essentials includes electronic versions of Apple developer documentation such as SpInside Macintosh, DTS Technical Notes, DTS common Q&As, and other electronic versions from the Apple Technical Library. Developer Essentials also includes versions of U.S. and international Macintosh system software. It also has the complete set of Mac DTS Sample Code.
Also in the E.T.O. “Essentials” folder is MPW 411. MPW 411 is an integrated, online information tool for use with MPW and Mouser (part of MacApp). This current version of MPW 411 contains all the Macintosh toolbox “header” information and all the text of Inside Macintosh volumes 1 - 5.
Finally, the “Essentials” folder on ETO contains a bonus collection of information about MacApp and C++. The MacApp Reference and C++ Applelink Messages folders contain a collection of messages from the MacApp forums on AppleLink with discussion about many common questions and challenges invloved in working with this application framework. The C++ Applelink Messages
TOOLS & OBJECTS
The “Tools & Objects” folder on E.T.O. contains MPW, MacApp, C++, and utilities like ResEdit, MacsBug, Virtual User and SADE. Additionally some of these folders contain a pre-release version that you can experiment with and try its new features and capabilities.
• ETO INDEX
ETO contains a simple "rolodex"-like index of the content of the disc. It contains a card for every application, folder and system file on the disc. The first few cards contain instructions for its operation.
The ETO Index file is actually a simple TEXT file. You can also open it with your word processor or with the MPW Shell.
• ETO INSTALLER
The Tools & Objects folder also contains a special program for installing a copy of the MPW development suite on your hard disk. You will need to move this Installation folder to your hard disk manually, then run the install program that it contains. It will prompt you for the information it needs, such as, which parts of E.T.O. you want to install.
• RELEASE NOTES
Each E.T.O. quarterly release comes with extensive release notes (on paper) about the changes to the products since the time that the manuals were written. Refer to these notes for information specific to each E.T.O. component product.
In some cases, the word processing files (usually in MS Word 4.0 or MacWrite format) for the release notes are included on the E.T.O. disc.
• SITE LICENSE
E.T.O. is a SINGLE USER product. Like any single user product you may not use it’s content on more than one machine at a time. Each time you receive a new E.T.O. quarterly release disc you are obligated to archive or destroy all previous E.T.O. CD-ROMs. You may not "pass along" the old CD to another user. See the software license on the CD-ROM case and the order form agreement for specific details of these limitations.
Plans are being prepared for a site license version of E.T.O.. For details on such a license contact Apple Computer Software Licensing, 20525 Mariani Avenue, MS 38-I, Cupertino, CA 95014.
Note: Due to restrictions in our license with AT&T, C++ cannot be included in any site license of E.T.O.
• PRE-RELEASE VERSIONS
Some of the products in E.T.O. include not only the current final version but a pre-release version as well. These pre-release versions were carefully selected by the product management and engineering teams. The criteria for selection was based on providing versions that give extra functionality and/or useful bug fixes without exposing you to software that would be a danger to your devlopement work.
For details on each pre-release version see the readme file in each product’s folder on the E.T.O. disc or see the printed release notes.
• FUTURE VERSIONS OF E.T.O.
The E.T.O. quarterly release will be sent to subscribers automatically. It will contain all the latest versions of the E.T.O. products, some new pre-release versions, updated versions of the “Essential” information and even more new information.
