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HDSTª version 3.5 - "Revision Info"

Intech Software Corporation
368 S. McCaslin Blvd., Suite 154
Louisville,  CO.  80027

Internet:  http://www.IntechUSA.com
E-Mail:    Sales@IntechUSA.com
                 Support@IntechUSA.com
  
Updated:  March 27, 2002

This document was created to summarize the following topics:

   ¥   Product Revision History 
   ¥   Additional Technical Information
   ¥   Legal Stuff


ÈÈ Product Revision History

-- Version 3.5 (Current Version)--

New Software:

1. Intech is pleased to introduce our first applications written specifically and exclusively for MacOS X: Integrityª X and QuickBenchª X.  These programs are not simple ports but rather complete rewrites of our venerable Classic Mac OS versions.  These new programs are designed to take full advantage of the new MacOS X runtime environment as well as the new Aqua interface.

Driver and Utility Additions:

1. Added ATA-6 extended drive (over 128 GB) support for Classic MacOS.  IMPORTANT: Please note that there are serious issues with MacOS X (as of version 10.1.3) because extended ATA drives are not supported at least through this version of MacOS X.  Please go to <http://www.IntechUSA.com/XNews.html> for the latest information on MacOS X issues.

2. Changed partion map structure so that MacOS X 10.1 installation will no longer modify our partition scheme.  IMPORTANT: Please run HDST and update all drives controlled by a any earlier versions of HDST prior to installing MacOS X.

3. Added restart and shutdown ejection options to FireWire removable devices, just like SCSI and ATA.

4. Modified write protection code so that write protection settings are respected under MacOS X.

5. Added  recognition of newer G4 CPU types to "info" dialog.

6. Improved bad sector detection and fixing on FireWire and USB drives.

Integrity Additions:

1. Fixed missing drag and drop drop area hiliting.

2. Added one additional error check.


-- Version 3.4--

Driver and Utility Additions:

1. Improved caching speed and intelligence of the HDST FireWire hard disk drivers.

2. Added support for 128MB and 230MB FireWire 3.5" Magneto Optical cartridges.

3. Corrected cosmetic redrawing error that would sometimes occur after a low-level format.

4. Added fixed disk USB driver (available as a free download from the Intech web site) support for InSystem Design (ISD) USB 2.0 compatible bridgeboards (model: ISD300). Currently, there are no available USB 2.0 compatible host adapter drivers for MacOS 8.6- 9.x. As a result, Intech's USB support is limited to the USB 1.1 specification under these OS versions until a host adapter driver (from a host adapter developer) becomes available.

5. Corrected issue involving the HDST 3.3 utility freezing or crashing during the device scan process if a Umax SCSI scanner was connected. The issue involved a known bug in the Umax firmware that we have been patching around for some time now. Unfortunately, the patch was inadvertently left out the HDST version 3.3 release.


-- Version 3.3--

Driver and Utility Additions:

1.  Added support for all CastleWood "branded" ATAPI and FireWire Orb 5.7GB products.  The Orb 5.7GB drive is also supported when used with any third-party Oxford 911-based FireWire bridgeboard equipped drive enclosure.

2.  Added "estimated time remaining" to HDST's "Take Over" and "Security Erase" features.

3.  Increased performance for all non-LSI FireWire bridgboard based disk devices.

4.  Added "Payload Size" selector feature for increased stability when using drives connected to certain FireWire PCI host adapters.

5.  Added driver "Tune" button to HDST main window.  The "Simple Bench" button has been removed, but the feature remains as a pull-down menu item.

6.  Expanded HDST's FireWire support driver into three drivers to eliminate device type matching problems.

7.  Added drive "Sleep" support to HDST FireWire drivers.  The new sleep support further includes FireWire drive spin down upon system shutdown.


-- Version 3.2 --

Driver and Utility Additions:

1.  Added support for leading FireWire removable media drives including Iomega's Jazzª and Zipª, many Magneto Optical models and Imation's SuperDiskª.   FireWire SyQuestª and ORBª devices are currently NOT supported.
2.  Corrected issue involving FireWire devices sometimes redisplaying vendor and capacity information from the device listed above in the HDST main utility window.
3.  Corrected issue involving SCSI/ATA devices sometimes not waking up when in sleep mode under MacOS 9.1.


-- Version 3.1.2 --

Driver and Utility Additions:

1.  Added interface symbols to desktop icons for better device visual identification.
2.  Added better detection and handling of QuickStriped FireWire devices that may have become unplugged without dragging the volume desktop icon to the trash prior to the unplugging.
3.  Added ability to force "flush" cache when necessary (in the driver) if a drive which is be part of a FireWire QuickStripe pair does not automatically perform the flush itself.
4.  Added Hard Disk SpeedTools Installer program.  The program also provides the ability to remove installed Hard Disk SpeedTools extensions as well.

-- Version 3.1.1 --

Driver and Utility Additions:

1. Added a pseudo low-level format capability for ATA/EIDE and FireWire disk devices.  Since ATA/EIDE and FireWire devices do not support a true "low-level" format command, our low-level format option now performs a "zero" media procedure for these devices.  Additionally, all bad sectors found while zeroing the media will be mapped out of use automatically with the new feature.
2. Corrected issue involving some configurations not responding to the "C" key when booting from CD is required.
3. Enhanced FireWire RAID striping when used with Indigita's SIM extensions.  The enhancements focus around better support for hot-plugability.  The enhancements also prevent another driver from trying to initialize striped FireWire drives if the SCSI SIM does not load for some reason.

QuickBenchª v1.5 Additions:

1.  Added Extended Benchmarking  (allows for the benchmarking of larger data transfer sizes from 2MB -10 MB).


-- Version 3.1 (OEM Release) --

Driver and Utility Additions:

1.  Added Native FireWire driver disk cache for improved performance.
2.  Added greater SCSI controllers detail in the HDST utility Info Window.
3.  Corrected issue involving not mounting SCSI Zip devices (introduced with 3.0).
4.  Corrected rare issue involving drives who's firmware do not support SCSI 3.
5.  Added full compatibility for FireWire drives with Norton Utilities.
6.  Improved support for EIDE SuperDisk devices.  The improved support now includes ability to copy floppy disks using Apple's Disk Copy program and adds support for SuperDisk drives connected to G4 (Sawtooth) systems.
7.  Added "Driver Safe" mode.  A feature specifically deesigned for troubleshooting problems associated with hardware.  Also, added ability to invoke "Driver Safe" at time of drive setup (hold down the option key and click the setup button).
8 .  Added ability to disable SCSI Sync (fast and ultra) and SCSI wide transfers for compatibility with drives/busses that have hardware issues.  This feature can be found in the Driver Options window when a SCSI drive is selected.
9.  Added ability to disable drive onboard write cache on ATA devices. This feature can be found in the Driver Options window when a ATA drive is selected.
10. Added ability to select FireWire data transfer sizes for systems that are experiencing lockups or data corruption.  This feature can be found in the Driver Options window when a FireWire drive is selected.
11.  Added greater compatibility with Indigita's FireWire SIM software.
12.  Corrected issue that would sometimes prevent a low-level format from completing properly on certain firmware revisions of ATAPI Zip drives.


QuickBenchª Additions:

1.  Enhanced to make benchmarks more accurate with certain caching drivers.


-- Version 3.0 --

1.  Added two-disk "QuickStripe" RAID level 0 "striping" support for fixed disk SCSI devices as well as fixed ATA drives connected to TurboMaxª/ACardª PCI busses.  HDST's QuickStripe technology is also compatible with FireWire hard disk drives controlled by Indigita's SIM extension.
2.  Added Native FireWire support for hard disk devices controlled by LSI, Indigita, Oxford, Shining, ADS and Initio bridge boards (essentially every known bridge board technology to date).  
3.  Added ATA "Slave" booting capability.
4.  Added DOS formatting ability for removable media cartridges.
5.  Added SCSI Ultra 3 160 support.
6.  Added "Deep Sleep" support for G4s & new PowerBooks.  Previous Mac model sleep support has also been enhanced.  Deep Sleep driver compatibility has also been added for the Adaptec¨ Ultra 3 160 PCI cards.
7.  Added ATAPI SuperDiskª (LS-120) support.  The HDST utility now allows you to setup a LS-120 MB disk from within its main setup utility and the HDST driver now allows you to format floppy disks inserted into a SuperDisk drive using the Finder's "Erase Disk" function (just like as you would with ordinary Apple floppy drives).
8.  Added ability to low-level format ATAPI cartridge devices.
9.  Added QuickBenchª universal volume-level benchmark utility (located in the SpeedTools Test Utilities folder).
10.  Added DOS formatted media testing compatibility to the Integrityª utility.
11.  Now recognize hardware write protection tabs on ATAPI removable disk cartridges.
12.  Added a additional "Custom 3D Color Icons" to icon folder.
13.  Created new HDST user's guide file which is now produced in a completely "stand-alone" format.  Adobe¨ Acrobatª installation is no longer required to view its content.


-- Version 2.7 --

1.  Added the Integrityª test software.  A universal data transfer testing utility.
2.  Added Fujitsu¨ ATAPI MO support in both HDST and the HDSTª Cartridge Mounter extension.
3.  Added print devices feature (contained in the "File" pull-down menu) .
4.  Added support for required Apple events.
5.  Info screen now identifies G4 processors.
6.  Corrected issue where HDST would sometimes crash on a PowerBook 3400 during scan.
7.  Added auto scroll using up/down arrow keys in Volume Options window.
8.  Added compatibility with the Indigita¨ FireWire bridge-board when using the Indigita SIM file.
9.  Modified the HDST benchmark test to make ATA and SCSI transfer sizes the same (it now tests at 128K transfers).  This allows a more direct comparison between ATA and SCSI drive performance.  However, the test may now have the effect of slightly reducing the reported maximum transfer rate for some SCSI devices.  This does NOT mean that your SCSI device or our driver software has become any slower.  Previously, the test used 1024K transfers on SCSI devices 
which is a bit more accurate for calculating maximum SCSI speed, but we think the new tradeoff is worthwhile.


-- Version 2.6--

1.  Added UltraDMA/66 (mode 3 and mode 4) support.  UltraDMA/66 is compatible with Apple's latest G4 (Sawtooth) model and can be enabled using the Hard Disk SpeedTools "Driver Options" window as documented in the User's Guide Addendum file included with this version.
2.  Added UltraDMA/66 support to the HDSTª Cartridge Mounter extension for ATA/ATAPI removable media devices that may implement it in the future.


-- Version 2.5.1--

1.  Added delay for ejecting cartridges at shutdown.  The delay will insure that there is enough time for a cartridge to fully eject from a drive before the computer shuts its power off.
2.  Corrected issue with the Don't mount at startup feature.  The issue envolved volumes sometimes not following your mounting selection.
3.  Corrected issue that would not allow removable cartidges to be ejected under System 6.
4.  Corrected cosmetic issue in Volume options window - prior to the correction, the last volume displayed in the window (if more than 5 volumes) would have some of its status info cut off (shown below the window).
5.  Added auto mounting support for "Deltis" and "Most" Magneto Optical devices in the HDSTª Cartridge Mounter extension.


-- Version 2.5--

1.  Added ATAPI/ATA removable media cartridge support.  The new ability allows Hard Disk SpeedTools to fully setup and configure ZIP, Orb and other ATAPI/ATA removable cartridge drives.
2.  Corrected issue with the Eject at restart and shut down feature in the Driver Options window.  The feature did not always eject the cartridge when used with a few drive models.
3.  Added write protection feature for all removable media cartridges.  This feature is found in the Volume Options window.
4.  Added ATAPI/ATA removable media support in the HDSTª Cartridge Mounter extension for automatic mounting.


-- Version 2.3--

1.  Added Volume Options control feature.  This feature allows you to set volume level write protection and automatic volume mounting characteristics.  Additionally, the feature allows for the manual mounting and unmounting of individual volumes and provides a quick method of viewing active volumes and their attributes (such as HFS or HFS+) for the selected device.
2.  Corrected issue that would prevent IDE/ATA drives from sometimes going to sleep.
3.  Added complete SCSI and ATA sleep compatibility with the Sleeperª utility from St. Clair Software.


-- Version 2.2.1--

1.  Added support for the Castlewood Orbª SCSI removable cartridge drive.
  
Note:  When using Hard Disk SpeedTools with the Orb, please make sure to remove the "Castlewood Orb Driver" extension from your System Folder (in Extensions folder) and add the "HDSTª Cartridge Mounter" in its place.

2.  Benchmark no longer overrides driver's transfer speed settings.  If the drive is unformatted, the default (slowest) transfer method will be used.  If the drive is controlled by a non-SpeedTools driver, the Benchmark test will reflect the speed of the drive as setup by that driver.
3.  DMA restored for certain ATA drives connected to Alchemy-based (PPC 603e) motherboards.  (DMA was set too low in the 2.2 release)
4.  In the main window, all ATA devices now show how the drive is connected (i.e. internal, media bay, PCMCIA).
5. The Device Test now automatically resets to the first block after a test has completed.  This allows you to click the start button again to start another test without resetting block count manually first. 
6. The Error counter in the Device Test window now updates the count on the fly.  Previously, the total number of error would be displayed only after a test had completed.


Information about versions prior to 2.2.1 can be found on our web site at http://www.IntechUSA.com/HDrev.html


ÈÈ Additional Technical Information

SCSI devices previously used with a non-Macintosh computer or that were purchased "raw" may need to have its settings verified and/or changed.  Please make any corrections using the settings list below where applicable.

1)  Unit Attention = Disabled
2)  Parity = Disabled
3)  Term Power = Enabled (supplied by drive)
4)  Wait Spin = Off
5)  Spindle Sync  = Disabled

For more information on changing these settings, please consult the drive manufacturer.


ÈÈ Legal Stuff

© Copyright 1994-2002 by Intech Software Corporation.  All rights reserved worldwide. 

Apple, the Apple Logo, AppleShare, Finder, MultiFinder, Macintosh, Power Macintosh, PowerBook are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.  CD/DVD SpeedTools, CD-ROM SpeedTools, Hard Disk SpeedTools, DVD SpeedTools, QuickStripe, Raid SpeedTools, Cache Monitor, QwikInstall, Integrity, IntegrityX, QuickBench, QuickBenchX and the Intech Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intech Software Corporation.  All other brand and product names contained in this software and related documentation were used in an editorial fashion only, and are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.