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: Apple System Profiler 2.1.2 was release on October 21, 1998. This software requires an iMac or PowerPC-based Power Macintosh, PowerBook or Performa computer running North American English Mac OS 7.6, 7.6.1, 8.0, 8.1 or 8.5
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About ASP 2.1.2 Apple System Profiler (ASP) is an application which gathers and displays information about the configuration of the Power Macintosh computer or iMac on which it is run. Who should upgrade to ASP 2.1.2? ASP 2.1.2 provides additional information and corrects errors in ASP 2.0.1 (released with iMac) and in ASP 2.1.1 (released with Mac OS 8.5). All owners of PowerPC-based Performa, PowerBook and Power Macintosh computers (running Mac OS 7.6 or later) should upgrade to ASP 2.1.2. System Requirements Minimum hardware required: How to install ASP To install ASP 2.1.2, move the ASP application file into the Apple Menu Items folder inside the System Folder. How to use ASP To use ASP 2.1.2, select Apple System Profiler from the Apple Menu. The main window will appear. Use the tabs or the Commands menu option to view information about devices and volumes, control panels, extensions, applications and System folders. To create a report file containing information gathered by ASP, use the New Report... item under the File menu option. Summary of New Features Apple System Profiler v2.1.2 provides many new features and enhancements over previous versions. It also adds support for new PowerPC G3-based Macintosh computers, and for iMac. ASP is now scriptable, and many features are recordable with the Apple Script Editor. AppleScript support includes: The user interface has been updated. The Devices and Volumes screen now links volumes with associated drive devices, and displays this information in a graphical format. Information about built-in video or display cards is now linked to displays. Dragging information out of ASP is now supported. It is now possible to select multiple volumes for ASP to search for file information. Compared to versions prior to 2.0, ASP 2.1.2 now displays the following additional information: + SCSI and Internal ATA + SCSI and ATA device serial numbers, if available + PCI + NuBus + Network volumes + Internal RAM Disk + Floppy + File sharing status for each volume + Volume partition and disk sizes (and % full) Note that ASP no longer displays the OpenDoc version. Known issues ASP 2.0 and later is not compatible with the Apple Displays Software 1.6.1 and earlier on some configurations, notably PowerBook models. When the ASP application is opened on these configurations, you are likely to get an Alert of the form: "The application 'Apple System Profiler' could not be opened because an unexpected error occurred." or "The application 'Apple System Profiler' could not be opened because 'ControlsLib' could not be found." Some versions of Apple Displays Software may also have been previously called by other names (e.g. "AppleVision Display Software"). The problem occurs regardless of whether an external display monitor is attached to a PowerBook, or not. The workaround is to startup the computer with all extensions off, by holding down the Shift key, or by using the Extensions Manager to disable the "Display Enabler" extension. ASP reports in "TEXT" format are currently limited to 30,000 characters (32K); this limit may be reached after listing about 400 files. ASP will display an Alert, and will stop adding text to the report when the limit has been reached. The workaround is to drag information from ASP's file view into another program, or to the desktop. ASP only supports the basic printing options; other options, such as scaling and 2-up printing will not work correctly. ASP does not correctly detect additional L2 cache in some machines (eg. ASP may report 256K L2 cache in a Power Macintosh 6500 which actually has 512K L2 cache). ASP does not fully support Appearance Manager; this is most noticeable with theme switching, and on displays set to 256 or to minimum levels of gray. If a driver version cannot be determined, ASP may display it as "Not available". ASP sometimes reports an attached SCSI device as a "Slot" device. ASP does not report RAID devices properly. ASP may not display some volume icons correctly, such as a CD-media icon. ASP displays information for mass storage PC cards (PCMCIA), but not for other types of PC cards. The size information displayed by ASP may be displayed differently by Finder; this is because ASP provides two decimal place accuracy, while Finder displays one decimal place. In a few cases, ASP will list an "Apple" extension or control panel as "Not Apple". Additional Information Balloon Help can provide information about window contents, window controls and menu items. To turn on Balloon Help, choose "Balloon Help" from the Help menu in the Finder. Or, go online at www.apple.com for up-to-date support information. |
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