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Summary

DART� (Disk Archive/Retrieval Tool) is an application that enables you to duplicate Macintosh, Lisa, Apple II, or MS-DOS disks, save disk images, and create disks from image files. DART� 1.5 can read disk image files in DART�, DiskMaker, or Disk Copy� format. DART� 1.5 image files are compressed, approaching a reduction in size comparable to that obtained by using a commercial compression utility. DART� 1.5 is System 7.0 "savvy", and implements a custom Apple event mechanism to automate the conversion of older DART� or Disk Copy� files to 1.5 format. The conversion process can be run by "remote control" (even across a network!) using the accompanying HyperCard� stack. (For more information, please refer to the DART� User Manual.)

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Features

� Data compression: more disk images can be archived in the same amount of space.
� Data checksumming for reliable disk duplication.
� Can read Disk Copy� image files.
� Requires only 224K of RAM to run.
� Stack utility enables you to batch-convert DART� 1.4 or Disk Copy� files.
� Apple events support ("required" AE suite and custom 'cnvt' event.)
� System 7 "drag-and-drop" disk image creation.
� 32-bit clean.
� A/UX compatible.
� Nifty color icons and balloon help.

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What's New in version 1.5.3

� Compatibility with new Macintosh Quadra 840av and Centris 660av machines.
� Compatibility with Apple Event Manager 1.0.1 (a component of AppleScript�).

� Compatibility with new Macintosh Quadra 800 and Centris machines.
� Under certain circumstances, it was possible for DART� to open a corrupted Disk Copy file and create an identically corrupted disk (or image file) from it. Checksums on source disk images are now verified correctly, and DART� will always display a warning message if the expected and actual checksum values don't match. (Note that while a damaged Disk Copy file can no longer be converted to DART� format, it's still possible to make a disk from it and potentially salvage the data on that disk.)
� Fixed a minor (but annoying) display glitch in "Multiple Copies" mode where a portion of the Status message would sometimes be "hidden" underneath the progress bar.

� Compatibility with A/UX 3.0.
� Under System 7, you can now drop a floppy disk onto DART� to create an image file.
� The default filename in Save dialogs is now filled in with the volume name of the source disk (if a source has been selected.)
� Volumes can now be mounted in the Finder when DART is running in the background.
� Fixed a bug which could occasionally cause a bus error on certain machines. The error would occur either immediately on launch, or after the about box was dismissed.
� Fixed a bug which could cause DART to refuse to format a blank 1.4M floppy disk (or a 1.4M floppy formatted as 800K) when "Format Disk" was checked.