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![Trouble In Paradise for Macintosh][mac-screenshot1]
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TIP for 68k and PowerPC Macintosh
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This is the repository for a Macintosh port of [Gibson Research Corp]'s
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[Trouble in Paradise], a diagnostic and repair tool for Iomega Zip and
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Jaz Drives. A big thanks goes to Steve Gibson for the x86 source that
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made this project possible!
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Compatibility
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This tool is meant for Macintosh computers with a SCSI port, which
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range from the Macintosh Plus, released in 1986; through the "Beige"
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Power Macintosh G3, released in 1997.
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<details>
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<summary>Click here to read what works and what doesn't</summary></br>
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It has been tested in on the following environments:
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| Computer | Memory | System | Drive | Firmware |
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|------------------- |--------|--------|-------------------------|----------|
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| Macintosh Plus | 4MB | 7.0.1 | Zip Plus 100 Ext. SCSI | J.66 |
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| PowerBook 3400c | 144MB | 8.6 | Zip 100 Ext. SCSI | E.08 |
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| Power Macintosh G3 | 256MB | 9.2.1 | Zip 100 Ext. SCSI | C.22 |
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| Power Macintosh G3 | 256MB | 9.2.1 | Zip 100 Int. SCSI | J.03 |
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What will not work or is missing:
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* USB connected Zip drives have been reported to not work.
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* The functionality for operating with password or write protected disks is missing.
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* The partition recovery feature has been removed, since it is meant for PC disks.
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</details>
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Disclaimer
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**This software is provided on as "as is" basis and the user assumes
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all risk of data loss. Although this software bears a similarity to
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the original by GRC, I may have introduced errors during the conversion
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process. Please do not reach out to GRC for support on this Macintosh
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port.**
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Where are the binaries?
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-----------------------
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Once they are ready, compiled binaries will be made available on the
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releases page for people who have signed up for
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[beta testing in the discussion forum]
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There is always a risk of data loss with a tool like this, so please
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use it only on non-critical data if you decide to beta test.
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How can you help?
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-----------------
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You can help this project in one of the following ways:
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* Star this project on GitHub to show your support!
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* Sign up to [beta testing in the discussion forum]!
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* Donate a 1 or 2GB Jaz cartridge for testing (I have a 2GB SCSI Jaz drive, but no cartridges!).
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* Become a GitHub sponsor to help fund my work with this and other open-source projects!
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Got work?
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---------
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I am open to paid consulting work related to retro-computing or software
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for vintage Macs. If you have a project in mind, please hit me up via my
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[GitHub account]!
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Unmounting volumes
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------------------
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**To avoid data corruption, you must "unmount" the cartridge prior to
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starting a test with TIP!**
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There is no way to unmount a cartridge (without also ejecting it) in the
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Finder, but you can either:
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1) Start TIP without a disk in the drive. TIP will recognize when Mac OS mounts newly inserted cartridges and will give you the choice to unmount it.
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2) Use the command console to unmount a disk **prior to** starting TIP
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<details>
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<summary>Click here to learn how to use the Command Console</summary></br>
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The Command Console shows up when you first start the program. This is a
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unique feature of this port and is not present in the original TIP:
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![Command Line][mac-screenshot2]
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### Unmounting Volumes
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A cartridge will show up in the Finder as an icon; MacOS calls this a "volume".
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To prevent data corruption, you have to "unmount" the volume prior to testing.
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When a volume is unmounted, the icon will disappear from the Finder, but the
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cartridge will remain in the drive. To unmount a drive:
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* Type `volumes` to show a numbered list of all Mac volumes
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* Type `unmount` followed by a volume's number to unmount it.
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*The unmount process will fail if you have any open files or applications in
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the volume; if this happens, close those files and try again.*
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### Starting TIP
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To start TIP, you will need to tell it which SCSI device to use:
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* Type `list` to show a numbered list of all SCSI devices by SCSI ID.
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* Type `tip` followed by a SCSI ID to run TIP on that device.
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Future versions of this tool may eliminate the Command Console, if I can find
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the right way to automate all these steps in MacOS :grin:
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</details>
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About the code
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Portions of the original code have been re-written in C++ and adapted
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for compilation using [Metrowerks CodeWarrior 8 Gold]. The code is located
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in the `mac-cpp-source` directory.
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<details>
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<summary>Click here to learn more about the code</summary></br>
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![Metrowerks CodeWarrior 8 Gold Project][mac-screenshot3]
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Native [Macintosh SCSI Manager] routines have been substituted for
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the Win32 ASPI routines and the UI has been re-created as closely as
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possible using QuickDraw routines.
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Although the source code is materially different, I have maintained the
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layout and routines names of the original assembly code to allow for easy
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cross referencing and to make it easy to port additional functionality
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in the future.
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</details>
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Credits
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-------
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* A big thanks goes to Steve Gibson for the source code that made this possible!
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* Thank you to [Stone Table Software] for providing the tool I used to convert the Windows RTF docs into SimpleText...
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* ...and to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine for allowing me to access it long after the website was shut down!
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* Thank you to Thomas Tempelmann sharing his [LaunchLib code] which I used to open the documents
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The Original TIP For Windows
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----------------------------
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The source code in the `x86-asm-source` directory is the original Windows
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source code as graciously provided to me by Steve Gibson. I am republishing
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his code in this repository with his permission.
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<details>
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<summary>Click here to see screenshots of the original TIP</summary></br>
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![Trouble In Paradise About Box][win-screenshot1]
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![Trouble In Paradise Testing][win-screenshot2]
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</details>
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![TIP Running on a Mac Plus][mac-plus]
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[GitHub account]: https://github.com/marciot
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[mac-screenshot1]: https://github.com/marciot/mac-tip/raw/main/images/mac-tip1.png "Mac TIP Testing Screen"
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[mac-screenshot2]: https://github.com/marciot/mac-tip/raw/main/images/mac-cmd.png "Mac TIP Command Line"
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[mac-screenshot3]: https://github.com/marciot/mac-tip/raw/main/images/mac-tip-cw8.png "Mac TIP Build Environment"
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[win-screenshot1]: https://github.com/marciot/mac-tip/raw/main/images/win-tip1.gif "Windows TIP About Screen"
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[win-screenshot2]: https://github.com/marciot/mac-tip/raw/main/images/win-tip2.gif "Windows TIP Testing Scren"
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[mac-plus]: https://github.com/marciot/mac-tip/raw/main/images/macplus-tip.jpg "TIP running on a Mac Plus"
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[Gibson Research Corp]: https://www.grc.com
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[Trouble in Paradise]: https://www.grc.com/tip/clickdeath.htm
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[Metrowerks CodeWarrior 8 Gold]: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/11910-codewarrior-8-gold
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[Macintosh SCSI Manager]: https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/mac/pdf/Devices/Scsi_Manager.pdf
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[explanation document]: https://github.com/marciot/mac-tip/raw/main/x86-asm-source/RTF.RTF
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[beta testing in the discussion forum]: https://github.com/marciot/mac-tip/discussions/1
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[LaunchLib code]: http://www.tempel.org/macdev/index.html#Libs
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[Stone Table Software]: https://web.archive.org/web/20010308062807/http://www.stonetablesoftware.com/rtf2text.html
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