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What's New of XPACK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[+] addition
[-] removal
[*] improvement
[!] bug fix
[?] possibile future revision
[:] user report b4 current release
What's New in XPACK 1.65ß3 [Dec 18 '96]
[*] some code sequences of sfx is changed to avoid tbav's false alarm
(Special thanks to Bulent Eren for hints:)
What's New in XPACK 1.65ß2 [Dec 11 '96]
[*] sfx of method5 Optimized further more by http://www.xs4all.nl/~feldmann
[*] message "CRC error" in sfx of exe changed to
"This program is damaged and can't run!"
(to reduce size of sfx:)
What's New in XPACK 1.65ß1 [Oct 26 '96]
[!] anti-UPC codes of v1.64 cause BC 3.1 startup codes setting
incorrect segment of environment, fixed
Special Thanks to James Mclaughlin <jmclaugh@nortel.ca>
for this buggy report:)
What's New in XPACK 1.64 [Oct 07 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Dec '96)
[*] XPACKed BC 3.1 EXE will not be unpacked by UPC(v105) now
[+] more bonus packs :)
[+] sfx of .XDi compressed diskette image will be a bonus function to
registered users:)
What's New in XPACK 1.63 [Oct 01 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Nov '96)
[*] fix some typo in xpack.frm
[*] put in a warning message b4 uncompressing XDI image file to diskette.
What's New in XPACK 1.60 [Sep 17 '96]
[+] Added option -ux to unpack some high level language compiled progys!
(remember use fullpath & extension if u want to unpack a overlay-exe)
(this option doesn't accept wildcards! :D)
[*] XPACKed BC 3.1 EXE will not be unpacked by UPC(v104) now
[*] XPACKed MSC EXE will not be unpacked by UPC now
(remember unpack MsExePack b4 XPACK!:)
other compiler users plz send me #2 sample files, tnx ;)
[+] 1.60+ become shareware
The more registrations i get the more improvements i will make to
this program, Thanks! :)
What's New in XPACK 1.52 [Sep 08 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Oct '96)
[+] Xpack OnLine DeCompression System integrated
added option -z : install Xpack OnLine DeCompression System
-zr: release Xpack OnLine DeCompression System
-z-: deactive Xpack OnLine DeCompression System
-z+: active Xpack OnLine DeCompression System
What's New in XPACK 1.49 [Aug 27 '96] (tested in Archive Comp. Test Sep '96)
[+] added options "-pd"/"-ud" to pack/unpack data files.
those data files can be used by XPACK OnLine Decompression System
which gives painless access to XPACKed-Data files
What's New in XPACK 1.47 [Aug 11 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Sep '96)
[*] In creating compressed diskette image:
If the data is unpackable, it will be simply stored.
Check if disk full.
[*] In restoring compressed diskette image:
Check .XDi signature (6ah,6dh) before unpacking.
Check .XDi filetype (2) before unpacking.
Check .XDi disktype before unpacking.
Check .XDi integrity before unpacking.
[+] Support official fdformated 1.72M, 1.68M, 1.64M, 1.6M, 1.48M
diskette for .XDi file.
[+] Now recognize codeview debug information.
What's New in XPACK 1.46 [Jul 20 '96] (tested in Archive Comp. Test Aug '96)
[!] minor bug fixed: some message's offset is incorrect
while i cleanup my source (change spaces to tabs)
[!] bug fixed: avoid generate offset = ffff
when optimizing EXE's relocation
[*] use quick sort instead of bubble sort
if number of relocations <= 8192
[+] create/restore compressed diskette image implemented
What's New in XPACK 1.44 [Jul 03 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Aug '96)
[-] method2, 3 removed.
[+] method5 implemented (not yet optimized)
[*] message "CRC error" in sfx of exe changed to
"This program has been damaged and cannot be run!"
(suggestion from Peter Gutmann)
What's New in XPACK 1.39 [Jun 01 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Jul '96)
[*] Optimized by http://www.xs4all.nl/~feldmann
What's New in XPACK 1.34 [Apr 20 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Jun '96)
[!] bug fixed: reset memory usage to original program's requirement
special thanks to Cristi Bradiceanu for sending a sample file:)
What's New in XPACK 1.33 [Apr 04 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM May '96)
[+] compression method 4 implemented (better ratio if input file > 64k)
[*] startup screen support eten chinese system
What's New in XPACK 1.30 [Mar 11 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Apr '96)
[*] method3:unpack optimized, Special thanks to Harald Feldmann for hints:)
[-] build-in new VGA font with Chinese character removed
What's New in XPACK 1.20 [Jan 14 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Mar '96)
[*] Revised documentation (XPACK.REV) by John Kiernan
[*] Options are now case-insensitive
[*] Option /? (/H) will display a help screen instead of XPACK.DOC
[-] Self-contained XPACK.DOC removed from XPACK.COM
What's New in XPACK 1.0m [Jan 06 '96] (available on hopenet CDROM Feb '96)
[+] added elapsed time info
What's New in XPACK 1.0a [Aug 30 '95] (1st public version in '95)
[+] added option -h to display Help documentation
Verify Authentication
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To verify authentication, use "pgp" to check the signatures,
the correct messages should read:
...
Good signature from user "JauMing Tseng <s8203143@simon.pu.edu.tw>".
Signature made 1996/??/?? ????? GMT using 2048-bit key, key ID EE317325
...
To get author's public key, send a email to s8203143@simon.pu.edu.tw
with Subject: get public key
tnx:)
features
~~~~~~~~
[*] Now XPACK allows you to restore .XDi (Xpacked Diskette Image file)
to larger diskette (e.g. .XDi of 1.2M to diskette of 1.44M,etc.)
[*] Now a .XDi file supports diskettes of *ANY* size, as long as:
1. it can be read under dos
2. its 512 bytes per sector
[+] Supports Microsoft 3 1/2" High-Density DMF-format floppy 1.68M
diskette for .XDi file.
"FDFORMAT can emulate the DMF format"
"with the following command line:"
"FDFORMAT A: /T:80 /N:21 /C:4 /D:16 /M:240"
[+] Supports .COM and .SYS compression
(implemented in '92, now integrated with Xpack)
futures
~~~~~~~
[?] Possible revision in near future:
[+] backup to/restore from: compressed archive
[+] recurse subdirectories/extract files with full pathname
[+] support multi-volume, sfx of compressed archive
[?] Possible revision in near future:
[+] library for programmer to read XPACKed data files!
[+] add anti-virii recovery information to Xpacked EXE!
[+] add sfx for windows 3.1, windows 95, os/2, dos protect mode,
dos overlay executable!