Name: eMate Classroom Exchange Version: 1.0 Released: May 16, 1997 Requires: Mac OS computer, a 68020 processor or better or a PowerPC (TM) processor, system software version 7.1 or later 500K RAM available (750K is needed for PowerPC computers that have virtual memory turned off), one or more eMates Description: The eMate Classroom Exchange software allows you to connect one or several eMates to a Mac OS computer and transfer information between the eMate devices and the computer simultaneously. This software consists of a Disk Copy compressed image, which requires Disk Copy 6.1 or later to use. Download this software to your hard drive and then double-click it to use it. Disk Copy is available in the Utilities folder. From the Read Me included with this software: eMate(TM) Classroom Exchange Read Me General 1. The Installer Custom button has no options other than Easy Install. Classroom Exchange has only an Easy Install available. There is a known limitation with the Installer software in that it assumes all software will have a Custom Install option. 2. When I run the Classroom Exchange server, it tells me that the printer port or modem port is in use, but my desktop machine has a Printer-Modem port. The port names will be incorrect when run on machines that have Printer-Modem ports, such as PowerBooks, some Performas, and some LC-class Macintoshes. To eliminate the conflict, be sure the one port is not being used by another device or software. 3. When I do a Get Info on the eMate for a document, it says that it is a Classroom Exchange Server Document not a Paper or a Drawing. The Easy Open software isn't installed on your Mac server. This software would mark the document more specifically as to the File "Kind" when you see the Get Info dialog on the eMate. To repair this, you need to rebuild the Desktop file with Macintosh Easy Open (or MacOS Easy Open) installed. To do this, open the Extensions Manager control panel, and make sure that Easy Open is enabled. Then, restart your desktop machine, and hold down the Command (Open Apple) and Option keys until you see a dialog asking if you want to rebuild your Desktop. Click on "OK". Your file types and icons will now appear correctly. Word Processing Application 1. If I create a Word Processing document in ClarisWorks which includes many Library PICTS and convert it to a NewtonWorks paper, the eMate tells me I'm out of memory when I try to transfer the document from the server. However, I am able to open the document on the eMate, but some of the PICTS are missing. If I check the Memory Information, I still have a lot of free memory available. The eMate can reliably handle a WP document that is about 43K in size if it includes Library PICTs. Try breaking up the large document in Claris into 40K chunks, save them and then transfer them to the eMate. The low memory message has to do with the memory required to process the document that you are transferring. It is similiar to Random Access Memory (RAM) on a Mac, rather than the hard disk drive "memory" equivalent on the eMate which is what the Memory Info refers to. 2. I created a picture using the drawing tools in Microsoft Works or Microsoft Word and the picture doesn't appear in the document when I open it on the eMate. These applications use a technology called OLE which does not store the picture as a bitmap which the eMate can recognize. Because the eMate cannot recognize OLE, the picture isn't transferred. If you want a picture in your MS Works or MS Word document, use a paint program to create the picture and then copy and paste it into your word processing document. 3. When I convert a MS Works document to a Newton Works paper and then open it on the eMate, it is empty. If you have MS Works version 3.0 or 4.0 and do a Save As a MS Works 2.0 and then convert it, it will be blank when exported to the eMate. If you are using MS Works 3.0 or 4.0, save the document as an RTF (Rich Text Format) in the list of SaveAs file format pulldown list. 4. I have Easy Open on my Mac server, yet when I double click on a Newton Works paper (either drawing or word processor) I get the dialog box that states: "The document ______ was not created with the application program "Classroom Exchange Server." To open the document select an alternate program, with or without translator." The only option listed is the eMate Classroom Exchange ( the Show recommended choices is checked but greyed out). When I chose this nothing happens. To open a Newton Works Paper by double clicking, a special Xtnd filter is needed. Currently, this filter is not available. To open a Newton Works Paper, you need to open the paper in an application that supports the Newton Works Paper translator, such as ClarisWorks or MacWrite. If you use another application that doesn't support the Newton Works Paper translator, you will need to drag the document icon to the Newton Works converter and convert it to the appropriate format. 5. I tried to open a Newton Works Paper that contains a sketch in MacWrite II and the application crashes. This is a limitation of the original XTND MacWrite II filter. If the MacLink Plus translators from DataViz are installed,(available with system 7.6 or as a seperate program) choosing the MacWrite II(MacLink) translator will produce a valid file for use with MacWrite II Draw Application 1. When I try to convert a ClarisWorks Drawing file to a Newton Works Draw paper by dragging the icon to the converter icon, nothing happens - it says it doesn't have the proper translators. The Newton Works Converter program doesn't convert ClarisWorks drawings. The eMate can recognize drawings that are saved as PICTs only. To ensure that the eMate will recognize your drawing when you transfer it, create the drawing on the desktop server in an application that can save the drawing as a PICT. Do a SaveAs PICT and then transfer the drawing to the eMate. 2. When I create a drawing on the eMate that includes shapes with fills and transfer it to ClarisWorks and ungroup it, the fills all turn to the same gray shade. To maintain the fill patterns of the eMate, do not ungroup the shapes. If you need to edit the drawing, you should edit it on the eMate. Apple, the Apple logo, AppleTalk, eMate, LocalTalk, Macintosh, and Newton are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. ClarisWorks is a trademark of Claris Corporation.