System software version 7.0.1 supports the following new or revised
features:
- Installer Script and CPU name support
- Memory control panel revisions
- Additional shutdown dialogs
- Revised Sound Manager
- Enhanced SANE routines
- Revised Brightness Control Panel
- Revised Network Control Panel to support on-board Ethernet
- Caps Lock indicator
- Revised low-power dialog messages
- Revised Portable control panel
- SCSI Disk Mode
- Battery DA modification
Memory Control Panel
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The Memory Control Panel now supports a RAM disk on the Macintosh Portable,
the PowerBooks, and the Quadra 700, 900, and 950. The RAM disk can only be
used if the system has at least 3MB of memory.
Revised Shutdown Warning
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A shutdown warning dialog appears on the PowerBook 140 and 170 and the
Quadra 700 and 900 saying that you will lose all data in the RAM disk if
you continue the shutdown. The dialog doesn't appear if there is no RAM
disk, or if there are no files on the RAM disk.
NOTE: RAM disks on the Macintosh Portable and PowerBook 100 don't go away
when the system is shut down. The warning is not needed on those
computers.
Sound Manager Updates
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The Sound Manager now supports the sound chips in the computers listed
here. These computers use different sound chips, and the Sound Manager
responds differently for each system.
Computer Sound Input Sound Output
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PowerBook 100 No Mono
Macintosh Classic II Yes Mono
PowerBook 140 Yes Stereo
PowerBook 170 Yes Stereo
Quadra 700 Yes Stereo
Quadra 900 Yes Stereo
Enhanced SANE Routines
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A significant System file change provides a new SANE package for the
Macintosh IIsi (when FPU is installed), IIfx, IIci, PowerBook 140 and 170,
and Quadra 700 and 900. The SANE changes the trap call to a JSR that
points directly to the SANE code in the system heap, bypassing the trap
dispatcher. This increases the performance up to two and one-half times
for integer and 5 to 6 times for floating point.
Brightness/Contrast Control Panel
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The Brightness control panel modification supports the Macintosh Classic
II. This driver is used with the Macintosh Classic, Macintosh Classic II,
and the original and backlit Macintosh Portables.
This control panel doesn't work with the PowerBook computers. The
PowerBook software reads from the slider controls and adjusts the screen
brightness based on those values. The Power Manager handles the screen
update and checks the sliders.
Backlight Driver
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The Backlight driver supports the PowerBook computers and the Macintosh
Classic II. This driver gets data from the Brightness control panel for
the Macintosh Portable and the Macintosh Classic II, and from the slider or
knobs on the PowerBook computers.