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- ShirtPocket ships CD-ROM speed-up utility - SpeedyCD
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- Contact: Jay Eaglstun
- ShirtPocket Software
- P.O. Box 40666
- Mesa, AZ 85274
- (602)966-7667
- AppleLink:SHIRTPOCKET
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- For Immediate Release
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- SHIRTPOCKET ANNOUNCES THE FIRST CD-ROM UTILITY - SPEEDYCD™
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- Mesa, AZ (October 15, 1991) - ShirtPocket Software is announcing the first
- CD-ROM disk utility, SpeedyCD, for Macintosh computers. SpeedyCD is a Macintosh
- control panel that speeds up access to CD-ROMs, making directory access to
- CD-ROMs respond as quickly as a hard disk.
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- Access CD-ROMs at hard disk speeds
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- SpeedyCD accomplishes this feat by copying all of the folder and file
- information for a CD-ROM into a special database on your hard disk when you
- insert a CD-ROM. By using the hard disk to store this information, Finder
- operations such as opening windows or finding files are sped up by as much as
- 700%. When the actual data from the file is requested, SpeedyCD switches back
- to the real CD-ROM to retrieve the data. This keeps everyday operations fast,
- while minimizing the amount of space used on your hard disk.
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- Modify contents of CD-ROMs
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- In addition to its speed up capabilities, SpeedyCD also allows the user to
- modify the contents of the CD-ROM! The user can perform the following
- operations on any CD-ROM:
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- • Rename any file or folder
- • Move files and folders into other folders or bring buried folders to the top
- • Create new folders
- • Delete files and folders
- • Change window views (eg. from view by icon to view by name)
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- Because the database is maintained on the user's hard disk, all file and folder
- changes to the CD-ROM will be remembered even after the CD-ROM is ejected. Upon
- inserting a "sped up" CD-ROM back into your drive, SpeedyCD will simply use the
- database from the last time the CD-ROM was in the drive - complete with all of
- the modifications. SpeedyCD uses about 15K of memory, works with System 6, and
- is System 7 savvy. SpeedyCD will be available October 15, has a list price of
- $70.00.
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- ShirtPocket Software, Inc. is a leading provider of Macintosh connectivity and
- productivity software. ShirtPocket also developed EasyShare (published by
- Symmetry Software) and the EasyServer line of AppleShare compatible file
- servers. EasyServer is the price/performance leader of AppleShare file servers.
- It is based on a PC platform, thus giving it high speed and low cost, but is
- unique in that it connects to standard Macintosh SCSI hard disks and CD-ROMs.
- Users simply attach a Macintosh hard disk (or CD-ROM) and network to EasyServer
- and the file server is operational.
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- Founded in 1989, ShirtPocket Software is a privately held company based in
- Mesa, Arizona.
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- This information is provided by the product's developer or distributor and
- constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation by Apple Computer,
- Inc.. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to selection, performance or
- use of this product. All understandings, agreements and warranties, if any,
- take place directly between the developer and the prospective user.
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