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Farallon Computing, Inc. Replica for Macintosh Release Notes January 13, 1994 These release notes are a Replica copy of a Microsoft Word document. To scan for specific information, use the Find command in the Search menu. The following information does not appear in the Replica for Macintosh User’s Guide. If you have questions, call Farallon Technical Support at (510) 814-5000. The release notes cover the following topics: • General information about the features of Replica. • Problems you may experience when using Replica with specific applications. Solutions or work-arounds are provided where possible. General Information Cross-platform sharing of Replica copies Replica documents can be viewed by users of Replica for Macintosh or Replica for Windows, regardless of which version of Replica was used to create the Replica document. For best results, be sure to use Replica for Windows 1.0.1 on Windows PCs. You can always open a Replica document from within the Replica for Macintosh Viewer application. Just choose Open from the File menu, select the desired file in the directory dialog box, and click the Open button. While you can double-click the icon for a Macintosh-created Replica document in the Finder in order to launch the Replica Viewer and open the file automatically, there are some instances where Replica for Windows-created documents cannot be opened and viewed automatically by double-clicking on their icons in the Finder. If you would like the added convenience of Replica for Windows copies that can be opened directly from the Finder, transfer copies to or from your PC in one of the following ways: • Use Microsoft Mail or AppleShare. These applications automatically add appropriate information to the Replica for Windows files so that they display the Replica icon in your Macintosh Finder and open when you double-click them. • Use a file translation application such as PC Exchange (Apple Computer) or Access PC (Insignia Solutions). These enable a Macintosh to read and write to PC-formatted disks. They create the proper resource information so that the PC files are assigned Macintosh Finder icons and can be double-clicked to launch the corresponding Macintosh applications. To make these applications work with Replica, you’ll need to enter the following information about Replica files in the appropriate dialog box: Macintosh Creator: REP! Macintosh Type: FRL! DOS file extension: .RPL For more precise instructions, consult the documentation that accompanied your file translation software. Part Number 6130953-01-01 January 13, 1994 Replica for Macintosh Release Notes Page 2 of 4 • Use Farallon’s Timbuktu for Windows to send Replica copies from the PC to Timbuktu for Macintosh on the Macintosh. To facilitate exchange of Replica copies between Macintosh and Wind…