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What's New of XPACK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[+] addition
[-] removal
[*] improvement
[!] bug fix
[?] future revision
What's New in XPACK 1.49 [Aug 27 '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
(XPACK OnLine Decompression System is still under alpha-testing,)
(if you want to do a beta-testing please send a email to: )
("s8203143@simon.pu.edu.tw", thanks )
((wc xpack.asm: 13537 Lines, 46651 Words, 324928 Characters ))
What's New in XPACK 1.48 [Aug 23 '96]
[*] In restoring compressed diskette image:
Check if diskette Write Protect before unpacking.
[+] Support DOS 720k, 360k diskette for .XDi file.
[+] Support official fdformated 820K, 800K, 410K, 400K, 320K,
205K, 200K, 180K, 160K diskette for .XDi file.
[+] Support fdformated 120K diskette for .XDi file.
(e.g. fdformat a: t40 h1 s6 c2 d112)
(??probably a dos 1.1 120K format??)
[?] Possible revision in near future:
[+] support sfx of .XDi compressed diskette image
What's New in XPACK 1.47 [Aug 11 '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.
[?] 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
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 1.45 [Jul 13 '96]
[*] the packer now doesn't determine the executable type (EXE or COM)
from the file extension, but look at the signature instead
(as DOS does). Some files are distributed with the extension COM,
although they're EXE (for historical reasons - e.g. 4DOS.COM).
(suggestion from Tomas Hajny)
[?] Possible revision in near future:
[+] create/restore compressed diskette image
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:)
[-] vga font 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
[?] Possible revision in near future:
[+] support .COM and .SYS compression
(implemented in 1992, not yet integrated with xpack)
[+] compression method 3 with better ratio
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)
[+] added option -h to display Help documentation
Verify Authentication
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To verify authentication, use "pgp xpack.doc",
the correct messages should read:
...
Good signature from user "JauMing Tseng <s8203143@simon.pu.edu.tw>".
Signature made 1996/08/27 ..... 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:)
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