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Updater and Upgrader from Software Architects, Inc.


Thank you for purchasing our Software Architects, Inc. (SAI) products. You can download the latest updater and upgrader of SAI software which is bundled with Sony 5.25" MO drives from this website.

    Target Drives:
  • RMO-S551 (8X Drive, 5.2GB)
  • RMO-S561(14X Drive, 9.1GB)

Free Update
Please click each product for details. From
version
To
version
Disk Drive TuneUp for Windows 3.0.X 3.0.4
Disk Drive TuneUp for Macintosh Special Edition (SE) 3.0.0 3.0.7
Disk Drive TuneUp for Macintosh (Full Version) 3.0.0 3.0.7
Upgrade
Please click each product for details. From
version
To
version
Disk Drive TuneUp for Windows & for Macintosh Special Edition (SE)
SE
Full



Free Updater for Disk Drive TuneUp for Windows
  • Bundled with Sony Products: RMO-S551 & RMO-S561
  • From version 3.0.0、3.0.1、3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to version 3.0.4 Updater (Free)(14.7MB)
  • Version 3.0.4 supports Windows XP.

Version History

Fixed in version 3.0.4

  • Fixed the "Blown Format" issue where a disk that didn't complete certification could not be subsequently formatted on Windows 2000
  • Fixed the problem with formatting FAT-formatted 4KB physical sector media

Fixed in version 3.0.1

  • Fixed volume label inconsistency when changing format type
  • No longer crashes under Windows 95
  • 2K sector block size support
  • Default device selection has been revised
  • Added a command line switch (/f) to fix a certain problem with FAT32 format

 

Free updater for Disk Drive TuneUp for Macintosh (SE)

  • Bundled with Sony Products: RMO-S551 and RMO-S561
  • From version 2.6.0 〜 2.6.4 and 3.0.0〜3.0.3 to version 3.0.6 updater(Free/2.6MB/Updater A)
  • From version 3.0.3 〜 3.0.6 to version 3.0.7 updater(Free/2.8MB/Updater B)

    Warning!: If you have Disk Drive TuneUp SE ver. 2.6.0 〜 ver. 2.6.4, please update to ver. 3.0.7. after update to ver. 3.0.6 (updater A).

Version History

Fixed in version 3.0.6

  • Added support for Macintosh OS 9.1
  • Supported Streaming video reading/writing command

Fixed in version 3.0.4

  • 2KB sector size support

Fixed in version 3.0.3

  • Fixed 4KB MO media bug
  • Fixed partition naming in Japanese (more than 14 charactors) and in ASCII (more than 27 letters) so that if the typed in name goes exceeds the number of viable charactors it will check the validity of the name
  • Included the UDF file system
  • Fixed error that occured when renaming the volume in Japanese either from the Finder or from the application

 

Free updater for Disk Drive TuneUp for Macintosh Full Version

  • Bundled with Sony Products: RMO-S551 and RMO-S561
  • Full version 3.0.0 〜 3.0.6 to Full version 3.0.7 Updater(Free/4.1MB)

Version History

Fixed in version 3.0.6

  • Added support for Macintosh OS 9.1
  • Supported Streaming video reading/writing command

Fixed in version 3.0.4

  • 2KB sector size support

Fixed in version 3.0.3

  • Fixed 4KB MO media bug
  • Fixed partition naming in Japanese (more than 14 letters) and in ASCII (more than 27 letters) so that if the typed in name goes exceeds the number of viable chars it will check the validity of the name
  • Included the UDF file system
  • Fixed error that occured when renaming the volume in Japanese either from the Finder or from the application

NOTE: To check the version information of Disk Drive TuneUp on Macintosh, please select Disk Drive TuneUp, and select "command + I" or "Get Info".

 

From older than Disk Drive TuneUp Special Edition (SE) version 2.5, Disk Drive TuneUp Special Edition (SE) and FormatterOne Pro to Disk Drive TuneUp latest full version (Upgrade-$29.95)
  • From older than Disk Drive TuneUp Special Edition (SE) version 2.5, Disk Drive TuneUp Special Edition (SE) and FormatterOne Pro to Disk Drive TuneUp latest full version (Upgrade-$29.95)

By upgrading to Full Version, you can use the following features.

  • Reading cache
  • Driver load option
  • Able to format Dos Floppy
  • Providing UDF file system and formatting for UDF

Supported Media and OS

When formatting media in UDF 1.02, 1.5 and 2.0, the resulting disk was exercised using Reading, Copying, Writing and Deleting of files, as described below.

Sony SMO-F561
Operating System Windows 98/ME Windows NT Windows 2000 Macintosh OS 8.6 Macintosh OS 9.0 Macintosh OS 9.04
Format File System UDF UDF UDF UDF UDF UDF
9.1GB Media
512 Byte/Sector
9.1GB Media
1024 Byte/Sector
8.6GB Media
2048 Byte/Sector
9.1GB Media
4096 Byte/Sector

Sony SMO-F551
Operating System Windows 98/ME Windows NT Windows 2000 Macintosh OS 8.6 Macintosh OS 9.0 Macintosh OS 9.04
Format File System UDF UDF UDF UDF UDF UDF
5.2GB Media
2048 Byte/Sector
4.8GB Media
1024 Byte/Sector
4.1GB Media
512 Byte/Sector

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