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- Short: DMS repalcement. Uses XPK libs for compresion.
- Type: util/arc
- Uploader: chrsa@aid.no (Christian Sandberg)
- Author: No EMail. (Edgar M. Vigdal)
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- Made by Edgar M. Vigdal, 5830 LUSTER, Norway
-
-
- This utility allows one to archive whole disks while preserving the
- disk-structure. PackDisk offers varying modes of compression ranging
- from very simple to very deep compression. There are 6 different packing
- algorithms and the one that manages to compress a sector the most is used.
-
- The difference between PackDisk and DMS is in the simplicity of PackDisk.
- You don't need to copy a file to RAM: to unpack a disk. PackDisk will load
- as many packed sectors as possible into memory and than unpack those sectors
- to a disk, and then read in some more packed sectors if necessary.
- And PackDisk is only 5404 bytes long!!!!
-
-
-
- PackDisk uses the excellent XPK library for packing and unpacking. The
- xpkmaster.library and the 6 sub-libraries are stored in the xpk directory.
- You must copy these files to your Libs: directory and to every disk that
- are going to use the PackDisk utilitie!
-
- If you need any more info about the xpk library, you can download the
- following files from your local BBS or check your public-domain supplier.
-
- Xpk25dev.lha 144516 Compression package, developer's add
- Xpk25usr.lha 220144 Compression package, user's edition
- Xpkdisk.lha 61099 A compressing disk device
- Xpkdisk374.lha 77029 Compressing disk device v37.4 uses XPK
- Xpkdisk37_5.lha 93483 A compressing disk device uses XPK
- Xpkhfmn.lha 3651 A brand new xpk de/compressor
- Xpkrdcn2.lha 30244 Fast XPK compressor with low CF
- XpkSMPL.lha 3066 xpk library for packing samples
- XpkSQSH.lha 5287 XPK compress lib for sampled sounds
-
-
-
- The following people have been involved in the developing of XPK.....
-
- Name EMail Program
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- Urban Dominik Mueller umueller@amiga.physik.unizh.ch XPK, NUKE
- Bryan Ford bryanf@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com XPK, BLZW
- Peter Struijk winfjmf@dutiws.TWI.TUDelft.NL IMPL
- Christian von Roques roques@karlsruhe.gmd.de FEAL
- Andre Beck beck@freia.inf.tu-dresden.de IDEA
- Marc Zimmermann zimmerma@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de HUFF
- Kristian Nielsen bombadil@diku.dk XFH
- Martin A. Blatter blatter@amiga.physik.unizh.ch xDrop
- Matthias Scheler tron@uni-paderborn.de xPack
-
-
-
-
-
- If you use PackDisk on a regular basis you are required to register the
- program. Registering will enable you to receive future updates and
- the international version with support for different languages!
-
- If you use PackDisk on a regular basis, please consider a US$10 registration
- fee to help support future releases. Please add 1 disk for the update!!
-
- I urge everyone who uses the program to send in their registration fees
- so that I can continue to supply users with the latest and best programs.
- If you have any suggestions, questions, or complaints, please write to
- the above address and remember to include your name, address, and phone
- number and computer configuration.
-
-
- PackDisk is freely distributable provided the following rules:
-
- 1. No charge excepting reasonable media costs may be charged.
-
- 2. The program and documentation may not be modified in any way.
-
-
- I will be in no way liable for damages, incidental or consequential,
- arising from the use or misuse of PackDisk, or for any claim by any
- other party. Use this program at your own risk. No warranty is given
- either expressed or implied. Terms of registration are subject to
- change without notice.
-
-
-
- Usage:
-
- PackDisk can only be used from the CLI/SHELL. Do NOT start it
- from the WorkBench!!!!
-
- TO PACK A DISK....
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- PackDisk -p -2 <filename>
- ^ ^ ^
- | | |
- | | \___ Name of file to store the packed disk as.
- | |
- | \______ Packing mode 1 is the fastest and simplest mode.
- | Max mode is 6, this is also the slowest.
- |
- \_________ Indicates the 'packing of a disk' mode.
-
- The packing modes are as following....
-
- 1. RLEN (Fast compression & very fast decompression, low CF)
- 2. NUKE (Very fast decompression, good CF & fast compression)
- 3. BLZW (Fast compression & decompression, usable CF)
- 4. HUFF (Huffman coding, low crunch factor and speed)
- 5. IMPL (Imploder, good CF, slow compression, fast decompression)
- 6. SHRI (Excellent crunch factor, but low speed)
-
-
-
- TO UNPACK A DISK....
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- PackDisk -u <filename>
- ^ ^
- | |
- | \___ Name of file to unpack to an empty disk.
- |
- \_________ Indicates the 'unpacking of a disk' mode.
-
-
-
- Examples....
-
- *****
- * 1 *
- *****
-
- Packdisk -p -3 DH5:GameDisk.1
-
- This will pack a disk to the file 'GameDisk.1' and store it on the
- device DH5:. It will use the following modes to pack the disk....
-
- 1. RLEN (Sample library for packers)
- 2. NUKE (Very fast decompression, good CF & fast compression)
- 3. BLZW (Fast compression & decompression, usable CF)
-
-
-
- *****
- * 2 *
- *****
-
- Suppose you have made a disk with two compressed disk on it. The disk is
- named 'Games:', and the packed disk files is named 'GameDisk.1' and
- 'GameDisk.2'. To unpack the disks you write the following....
-
- PackDisk -u Games:GameDisk.1
-
- This will unpack the file 'GameDisk.1' to a disk. The file will be read from
- the disk named 'Games:'. This is VERY important, because then PackDisk will
- know where to read the packed data from!!!!
-
- PackDisk -u Games:GameDisk.2
-
- This will unpack file #2 to another empty disk.
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS
- ------------
- When you want to use PackDisk you must copy the following files on to the
- disk....
-
- c:
- PackDisk 5404 bytes
- Libs:
- xpkmaster.library 13456 bytes
- compressors/
- xpkRLEN.library 1384 bytes
- xpkNUKE.library 3296 bytes
- xpkBLZW.library 2128 bytes
- xpkHUFF.library 2696 bytes
- xpkIMPL.library 4048 bytes
- xpkSHRI.library 13716 bytes
-
-
- If you only use -2 as packing mode, you only have to copy the 2 first
- libraries, xpkRLEN.library and xpkNUKE.library, but if you use -6 as
- the packing mode you must copy all the compressor libraries!
-
- PackDisk have been tested on the following machines....
-
- A1000 512KB CHIPMEM, 1 880KB FD
- A2000 1MB CHIPMEM, 2MB FASTMEM, 100MB HD, 1 880KB FD
-
-
- The following methods are accepted when paying.
- -----------------------------------------------
-
- - Cash: Preferably by registered mail.
-
- - International Postal Money Order: Send an International P.M.O
- in NOK (other currencies are not accepted).
- Contact your post office for further information. Please note
- that Canadian / US Postal Money Orders are *not* accepted.
- These are worthless in Europe.
-
- - EuroCheques: Send a EuroCheque written out in Norwegian kroner.
- (other currencies are not accepted). Make the cheque payable to
- Edgar M. Vigdal.
-
- - PostGiro: Transfer NOK to the PostGiro account 0826.0658124.
-
- - BankGiro: Transfer NOK to the BankGiro account 3785.10.05774.
-
- Please make sure that your full name, address, postal code, city
- and country is included. If you have an Internet email address,
- please include that one too, as I will soon be on the internet.
-
-
-
- To those that support my hard work, I send my warmest regards to!!
-
-
- HAVE FUN !!!
-
-
- EMW
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 5404 5206 3.6% 16-May-94 19:41:22 PackDisk/PackDisk
- 8323 3343 59.8% 16-May-94 20:04:52 PackDisk/PackDisk.Doc
- 560 242 56.7% 12-May-94 21:12:38 PackDisk/PackDisk.Doc.info
- 378 234 38.0% 12-May-94 21:16:08 PackDisk/PackDisk.info
- 2856 2668 6.5% 11-Mar-94 03:48:00 PackDisk/SMore
- 314 242 22.9% 12-May-94 21:12:38 PackDisk/SMore.info
- 380 216 43.1% 12-May-94 21:12:38 PackDisk/xpk.info
- 2128 1556 26.8% 03-Nov-92 01:55:54 PackDisk/xpk/compressors/xpkBLZW.library
- 2696 1713 36.4% 03-Nov-92 01:55:54 PackDisk/xpk/compressors/xpkHUFF.library
- 4048 2757 31.8% 03-Nov-92 01:55:56 PackDisk/xpk/compressors/xpkIMPL.library
- 3296 1975 40.0% 03-Nov-92 01:55:54 PackDisk/xpk/compressors/xpkNUKE.library
- 1384 925 33.1% 03-Nov-92 01:55:54 PackDisk/xpk/compressors/xpkRLEN.library
- 13716 5365 60.8% 03-Nov-92 01:55:56 PackDisk/xpk/compressors/xpkSHRI.library
- 13456 7506 44.2% 05-Nov-92 19:56:42 PackDisk/xpk/xpkmaster.library
- 380 217 42.8% 12-May-94 21:12:38 PackDisk.info
- -------- ------- ----- --------- --------
- 59319 34165 42.4% 21-May-94 01:38:40 15 files
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