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- PowerPacked DataType
- version 39.1
- © 1996 Szymon Pura
- FREEWARE
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- 1. INTRODUCTIOM
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- Starting with OS Release 3 the Amiga has the concept of `datatypes', which
- allow reading and viewing files of different types and formats. PowerPacked
- DataType allows reading files crunched with PowerPacker.
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- 2. REQUIREMENTS
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- Kickstart 3.0+ is certainly needed for this, also powerpacker.library V35+
- must be present.
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- 3. INSTALLATION
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- It's really simple:
- - copy the file "PowerPacked.datatype" to SYS:Classes/DataTypes/
- - copy the file "PowerPacked Data" to DEVS:DataTypes/
- - reboot the machine
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- ** NOTE: PowerPacked DT stores some temporary data in your T: assign.
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- 4. USAGE
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- You don't have to worry about that - BOOPSI-based DataTypes system will do
- all the work for you.
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- How does PowerPacked DT work ?
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- a. Decrunch the file and store it in T: directory
- b. Recognize its DataType
- c. Use the correct DataType to load decrunched file
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- So, if you want to load crunched ILBMs, you need an ilbm.datatype, to load
- crunched texts you need text.datatype and so on.
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- 5. TODO
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- - XPK/XFD support
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- 6. KNOWN BUGS
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- - PowerPacked DT is not able to recognize the type of the crunched file
- (its dth_GroupID is set to GID_PICTURE).
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- Szymon Pura
- Witosa 8/57
- 42-224 Czestochowa
- Poland
- +034 624666
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