TattleTech is a System Profiler, Tech Support tool, and Bug Reporter
application.
It was formerly called [TattleTale][1].

> TattleTech is a Macintosh utility that provides complete information
> about your computer, peripherals, and software. This information can
> be selected by Category and output to the screen, printer, text
> file, or tabdelimited text file. Additional "bug" and "unit"
> information can be appended to these reports. (see Generating
> Reports) These various reports are useful for learning about your
> Mac, verifying the features of a particular machine prior to
> purchase, or for reporting bugs to various vendors.
>
> On a commercial level, TattleTech can be a useful tool in a
> technical support capacity. It can also be used in conducting
> surveys where configuration information is needed.
>
> ? Excerpt: from the included User Manual

Top DL: TattleTech version 2.84 enclosed in ".sit" StuffIt archive.
MD5 checksum & filename: f1d328a36e12a9e31e00aff7bc585416
*tattletech-284.sit
Final version and [made freeware by the author][2]. No registration
required and is fully enabled.

2nd DL: TattleTech version 2.58 enclosed in ".sit" StuffIt archive.
MD5 checksum & filename: 5bc2819e102461c16dbe1a12316e40ea
*TattleTech-258.sit
Claimed by some to be [the most all-round stable version][3].

3rd DL: TattleTech version 2.59 enclosed in ".sit" StuffIt archive.
MD5 checksum & filename: afc4e81ea70c0967d0dc8b7f16b4bb10
*tattletech-259.sit
Last version to run on M68000 CPU (Mac Plus, Classic, SE, etc).

4th DL: TattleTech version 2.52 enclosed in ".sit" StuffIt archive.
MD5 checksum & filename: 546FD9D7FB04BB02557259C7B8404CCF
*TattleTech_2.52.sit

Versions 2.52, 2.58 and 2.59 of TattleTech were shareware and ran with
a limited feature-set until registered. For these versions use Twas
Brillig to register. This enables all features.

5th DL: TattleTech version 2.17 enclosed in ".sit" StuffIt archive.
MD5 checksum & filename: 41bd5843274b07166d1992c22ede0237
*tattletech-217.sit
This copy has been registered and does not require activation. It will
run on SSW 6 and later.

6th DL: TattleTech version 2.03 enclosed in ".sit" StuffIt archive.
MD5 checksum & filename: 64de53ed698fc1740b03b6d05b27b070a4318809

> 6/23/2002
>
> Dear Users,
>
> This is likely the final version of TattleTech. It is now freeware
> with all features permanently enabled and all registration dialogs
> disabled.
>
> Beside being the time for me to move on to other projects, the need
> for TattleTech has significantly diminished over the past few years,
> most notably with the continued improvement of other utilities
> (Apple System Profiler, TechTool, etc.) and the advent of OS-X.
>
> I would like to thank you all for your support over the past 11
> years, particularly Frederick J. Stratton who expended untold effort
> sleuthing out details of the various hardware and software releases.
>
> Best Regards,
>  John Mancino
>
> ? Final Notice \- [Web Archive mirror][4]

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

68k encoded. All run fine on both 68k and PPC Macs. Mac OS's versions
7.0 to 9.2.2

Version 2.17 will run on Systems 6 and newer.

For versions that can run on earlier Mac OS's see [TattleTale][1].

  [1]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/tattletale
  [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20050406164611/http://home.ionsky.com/~jmancino/
  [3]: http://macintoshgarden.org/forum/project-looking-mac-roms
  [4]: https://web.archive.org/web/20040412142137/http://www.tattletech.com/