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- Short: Multiformat disk archiver
- Author: alex@indigo.farma.unimi.it (Alessandro Pedretti)
- Uploader: alex@indigo.farma.unimi.it (Alessandro Pedretti)
- Version: 1.2
- Type: util/arc
-
-
- xFX is a program that has some features of an old and very usable utility
- called DMS. Using some emulators (ShapeShifter, AmiMSX, fMSX, Speculator,
- etc.), the Author found many disk problems that have been solved with this
- utility. In other words, xFX is a tool to create disk images (packed or
- unpacked) from whatever storage medium in order to transfer (modem, E-Mail,
- etc.) or simply to archive. A little problem is the manipulation of
- Macintosh HD floppies. xFX is able to use many device drivers that are
- compatible with trackdisk.device (e.g. mfm.device, scsi.device,
- fmsdisk.device, ramdrive.device, etc.). This feature is usable to read and
- write file-disks, and so, to obtain security-only disk copies. This
- performance is very useful to copy the Mac HD disks, because xFX is much
- faster then ShapeShifter (with most probability the very slow disk copy
- operation is a problem of MacOS and not of the wonderful ShapeShifter). All
- file-disks generated with xFX (included packed files) do not make usage of a
- proprietary format and thus they can be used with other software without any
- limit. This feature allows to unpack a file-disk with any utility that fully
- supports XPK format.
-
-
- Requirements:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - CPU 68000 or better.
- - Kickstart 2.0 (V37) or better.
- - XPK libraries (optional).
- - rexxsyslib.library (optional).
- - reqtools.library (optional).
- - powerpacker.library (optional).
- - GZip (optional).
- - Any memory storage driver, like:
- floppy driver (3.5" DD, 3.5" HD, 5.25"), hard disk, ZIP, JAZ, floptical,
- CD-ROM, LS-120, etc.
- - Correspondent device drivers.
-
- For the Graphic User Interface (GuiX):
-
- - Kickstart 3.0 (V39) or better.
- - Magic User Interface (MUI) V3.3 or better.
- - asl.library
-
- For IEC device access:
-
- - iec.library (Easy1541 Package).
- - IEC cable.
-
- New in this release:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - SCSI direct commands.
- - No more disk ejection during SCSI access.
- - SCSI errors decoding.
- - IEC access (only for C= 1541 disk drivers).
- - Removed a little bug of READ command.
- - Corrected the inhibition of disk access.
- - Now xFX can READ/WRITE from/to first-in/first-out devices (like PIPE:,
- FIFO:, etc).
- - GZip de/packing (through GuiX and zFX script).
- - Removed an heavy bug into COPY command with DISKBUF option.
- - The CLI progress bar works fine with fast devices.
- - Added PowerPacker support into UnPacker tool.
- - Now the installer is localized in French.
- - Dynamic code optimiztion.
-
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 108057 24677 77.1% 28-Mar-98 12:23:18 +xFX-Eng.guide
- 1392 557 59.9% 10-Sep-97 15:32:18 +xFX-Eng.guide.info
- 115546 28239 75.5% 28-Mar-98 12:23:56 +xFX-Ita.guide
- 1392 560 59.7% 10-Sep-97 15:32:18 +xFX-Ita.guide.info
- 432 195 54.8% 22-Jul-97 14:51:40 +Check_Disk.rexx
- 1631 1259 22.8% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Check_Disk.rexx.info
- 600 246 59.0% 22-Jul-97 15:59:48 +DiskCopy.rexx
- 1631 1262 22.6% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +DiskCopy.rexx.info
- 417 196 52.9% 22-Jul-97 14:52:14 +PrintGeo.rexx
- 1631 1260 22.7% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +PrintGeo.rexx.info
- 328 141 57.0% 22-Jul-97 14:10:22 +Quit.rexx
- 1631 1259 22.8% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Quit.rexx.info
- 539 243 54.9% 22-Jul-97 15:05:30 +Read_Disk.rexx
- 1631 1259 22.8% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Read_Disk.rexx.info
- 366 170 53.5% 22-Jul-97 14:20:02 +ReqErr.rexx
- 1631 1261 22.6% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +ReqErr.rexx.info
- 910 408 55.1% 22-Jul-97 14:18:24 +Test.rexx
- 1631 1260 22.7% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Test.rexx.info
- 388 172 55.6% 22-Jul-97 14:23:14 +Version.rexx
- 1631 1259 22.8% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Version.rexx.info
- 530 236 55.4% 25-Jul-97 17:25:08 +Write_Disk.rexx
- 1631 1260 22.7% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Write_Disk.rexx.info
- 19715 4528 77.0% 24-Jan-98 15:19:50 +GuiX.cd
- 11047 3140 71.5% 18-Apr-98 11:04:16 +GuiX.ct
- 9429 3128 66.8% 06-Jan-98 16:25:32 +xFX.cd
- 6094 2399 60.6% 18-Apr-98 10:57:30 +xFX.ct
- 71488 28306 60.4% 18-Apr-98 12:58:28 +GuiX
- 3962 1191 69.9% 18-Apr-98 11:56:40 +GuiX.info
- 6160 2576 58.1% 18-Apr-98 11:04:26 +GuiX.catalog
- 5346 2411 54.9% 18-Apr-98 11:03:44 +xFX.catalog
- 1243 715 42.4% 25-Sep-97 17:09:10 xFX.info
- 1233 803 34.8% 25-Sep-97 17:09:08 +ARexx.info
- 1192 773 35.1% 25-Sep-97 17:09:08 +Docs.info
- 5426 1571 71.0% 18-Apr-98 09:51:00 +Install
- 1675 732 56.2% 03-Feb-98 20:23:58 +Install.info
- 7942 2816 64.5% 15-Nov-97 18:53:08 +SCSI_Errors.dat
- 43128 24492 43.2% 18-Apr-98 12:56:56 +xFX
- 1668 1151 30.9% 25-Sep-97 17:09:08 +xFX.info
- 2863 1164 59.3% 18-Apr-98 10:49:18 +zFX
- -------- ------- ----- --------- --------
- 445187 149275 66.4% 18-Apr-98 12:58:50 39 files
-
- Operation successful.
-