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Short: Packs DFx, DHx etc., XPK support, V1.3
Author: Christian Wasner
Uploader: u241045@niesel.dkrz.d400.de
Type: util/arc
With this program you can read or write data directly from/to a disk. The
blocks of the disk are read and stored into a file. All types of disks can
be read (i.e. DHx: RAD: DFx: etc., but not CD Roms). When handling DOS
disks, only the used blocks are read/written if not specified otherwise.
All blocks are handled if the disk has no known filesystem (e.g. PeeCee
disks or demo disks with trackloaders. The data can also be packed with
any bugfree XPK packer. The program currently only has a shell interface.
All this sounds like "Oh no, another DMS clone", but DMS can only handle
floppy disks or devices with the size of floppy disks. Even Non-DOS disks
can be handled (then all blocks are read, of course). Another advantage of
PackDev is that is doesn't use stolen code like the authors of DMS do.
PackDev supports the xpk packer system thus it's much more flexible than
DMS. You can use any xpk packer you like, e.g. a disk with pictures or
sounds or anything else can be packed with an xpk packer customized for
that type of data. When comparing size, you see that DevPack is only 22 KB
long ! If you pack it with PowerPacker, it would be less than 13 KB !
Have fun
Christian
History
Aug-14 1994 V1.0 - Initial release, never released I think...
Aug-18 1994 V1.1 - Minor bugs fixed
Apr-16 1995 V1.2 - Problems with OFS disks fixed (PackDev didn't know the
number of free/used blocks)
- ALL, NOVERBOSE, QUIET and NOCONFIRM keyword added
- Doc file corrected and improved
- Filesystem type is now read from block 0 instead of
reading it from the DOS node, because the latter always
contains DOS\0 for Amiga floppies
- Minor bugfixes
Apr-30 1995 V1.3 - If the partition with LIBS: on it is to be handled,
PackDev could not open XPK (sub-)libraries, fixed
- Minimum XPK buffer size corrected
- TESTFILE parameter added
- Checksums installed, in case an xpk packer doesn't keep
them..
- Argument handling changed (you got me, Christian...)
- BLOCKLIST parameter added
- PASSWORD parameter added
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
358 200 44.1% 01-May-95 11:09:48 FILE_ID.DIZ
23372 11097 52.5% 06-May-95 07:55:44 PackDev
21965 8566 61.0% 06-May-95 07:56:42 PackDev.doc
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
45695 19863 56.5% 09-May-95 13:37:10 3 files