The software for a Radius Rocket.
RocketWare is for running the Rocket as an accelerator. Version 1.3.2
(for System 6) and 1.5 (for System 7) included.
RocketShare is for running the Rocket in a windowed environment, while
the host Mac runs at its normal speed and is not accelerated. A Stage
II Rocket cannot run RocketWare. There is 1.0, 1.1 and 1.3.1 provided.
Also included: PhotoBooster disk, ColorComposer, RadiusWare and
PhotoShop Updater.
CompactPro self-extracting archive with BinHex 4.0 protection.
MD5: cd965dc9f554dc2abbc4c0f065a0e7a4
DOWNLOAD #1 contains Patcher 1.5.1 for RocketWare 1.5. Joethezombie
provided details about the 1.5.1 update as follows, which came
straight from Radius on 2/18/1995:
The primary features incorporated into this patch are a fix for an
A/ROSE INIT problem and faster floppy mounting. The A/ROSE fix allows
the Rocket to work with Token Ring cards and certain Ethernet cards
that had not been supported before. In full, this patch, which is to
be applied ONLY to RocketWare 1.5:
? Makes RAM physically and logically contiguous;
? Fixes an A/ROSE INIT problem with LockMemory;
? Fixes AppleTalk 58 Network Control Panel; and
? Fixes slow floppy mounting with high density diskettes.
JDW confirmed that with RocketWare 1.5, it took 6.5 seconds for a
1.44MB floppy to appear on the desktop after inserting the disk, but
after the 1.5.1 patch, it took only 4.5 seconds.
Now there is RocketWare 1.3.2 (for System 6) at another website
(<
http://radius.vintagebox.de/Download/radius/software/mac/Rocket/>)
but the disks were modified in a fashion that makes the Installer
reject the disk. This is because the creation dates of the files were
modified to some time back in the 1940s. The Installer will reject any
file that does not match a particular creation date. This can be
overcome in ResEdit. The disk images supplied here will work without
issues. Tested on a Radius Rocket 33 on a Macintosh IIci.
It is NOT possible to run both RocketWare and RocketShare at the same
time, at least with just one Rocket. Instead, RocketWare must be
turned off before RocketShare can be used, or just not installed.
Update Dec 6 2014: Uploaded RocketShare, RocketWare and RadiusWare in
separate archives with MacBinary encoding. Stuffit Deluxe 4.0
compressed. Each has the same Disinfectant log and download content
text file. MD5:
MD5 (RadiusWare.sit.bin) = 46d32d0077ef4b01c8ac895a446be373
MD5 (RocketShare.sit.bin) = 3c3554965b8ff3951d07832867110135
MD5 (RocketWare.sit.bin) = 7d338c1cd37a5a8bf06a4b94b1654397
Update June 20 2018: In case that serial number for RocketShare is too
hard to read, it is: `SRS3404665919`
Photos above are: Radius Rocket 33 w/8MB RAM, Digital Signal Processor
(DSP) daughter card, and diskettes. Rocket 33 under System 6, showing
Control Panel with Rocket config panel. Rocket 33 under System 7.0.1
in hardware VM mode.
Tip: For best performance, use a discrete graphics card when using a
Rocket, not the internal graphics. Use at least 16MB of RAM on both
the host machine and the Rocket itself for room to spare. Have a hard
drive of at least 80MB, but ideally much more space to allow for the
Rocket's partition. You can use Parity or Non-Parity RAM, but non-
Parity RAM offers slightly faster performance. And for even greater
READ performance, fill all 8 SIMM slots with the same sized and same
speed RAM SIMMs.
Update August 1 2020: Added a 1.2 Beta version, dated July 1991
[RadiusRocket1.2Beta.sit]. This is a pre-release for System 7 users,
and contains both a CDEV (Rocket) and a Chooser ADEV (Rocket
LocalTalk).
Update January 8 2025: Added disk images for the PhotoBooster install
floppy and PhotoShop updater floppy that shipped with the PhotoBooster
daughter boards, as well as the PhotoBooster user manual.
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k PPC
System 6.0.7, 6.0.8 (RocketWare 1.3.2), Mac OS 7.0.1 to 7.1 otherwise.
Mac OS 7.5 is not recommended, if it is used then only RocketShare
will be compatible. A Rocket will run on certain PPC Macs like the
Power Macintosh 8100 but only with RocketShare. Warning: Composite
SIMMs will NOT work with RocketWare 1.3.2 under System 6. Composite
SIMMs have two or three chips on the module rather than the usual 8 or
9.
