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UnWarp version 1.0 (c) 1989 SDS Software.
August 11, 1989
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UnWarp is a utility for unwarping .WRP archives created with the
Warp disk archiving program. UnWarp is basically equivalent to using the
function WARP WRITE with the following advantages.
- A speed increase on an order of 3.5 to 5 times over a standard
WARP WRITE command. The decompression routines in UnWarp have
been greatly optimized for maximum efficiency.
- The ability to unwarp to any AmigaDos device conforming to the
standard 80 tracks - 512 bytes per block - 11 blocks per track
- 2 surfaces. e.g. DF0: , DF1: , RAD: , etc...
- Extended Virus checking of the boot blocks. UnWarp will check
the boot blocks before writing it out and inform the user whether it
has found any viruses and give you an option to automatically
install the boot blocks. UnWarp currently checks for 15 different
types of viruses - if it doesn't identify one and the boot blocks
are non-standard , it will graphically display the contents of the
boot blocks for visual inspection by the user.
- The ability to specify a range of tracks to be unwarped.
- Automatic disabling and enabling of disk validation before and
after writing to a disk.
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Command Line Options and Usage
The format for issuing an Unwarp command is as follows:
UnWarp file[.WRP],,, [TO Dev:] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] [NOVAL]
File[.WRP],,, is one or more filenames with an enforced .WRP ending.
[TO Dev:] is an option to redirect track output to a different device,
DF0: is the default.
[LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] are options specifying a range of
tracks to be unwarped , 0 to 79 is the default.
[NOVAL] is an option to override the automatic dis/enabling of the
disk validation procedure.
Examples:
UnWarp part1 part2.WRP
This will unwarp the files part1.WRP and part2.WRP to the default DF0:
UnWarp program TO DF1:
This will unwarp the file program.WRP to DF1:
UnWarp program TO RAD: LOW 40
This will unwarp the file program.WRP to RAD: starting with track 40
UnWarp part1 part2 TO DF2: LOW 30 HIGH 39 NOVAL
This will unwarp the files part1.WRP and part2.WRP to DF2: , only tracks
30 to 39 and override the auto disk-validation.
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COMMENTS
Well i guess that's about it. Hope you enjoy the program and it saves
you much time. The Authors would like to thank the following people:
Chris (YB) , Tony (DW) , and Jeff (JK) for testing the program.
Barry (TN) for the Turbo C and the contributions.
Dave (LO) for being such a nice guy even though he will never use
this program.
Ron (LN) & Jeff (PG) for the methods of communication.
Ted (FT) for the corn.
Adam (BB) for the burritos.
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UnWarp is copyright 1989 SDS Software. All Rights Reserved.