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- FindCrunch 1.0
- by Christophe Nowak
- 1 mars 1995
-
- Contents
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- 1 - Disclaimer
- 2 - Introduction
- 3 - Requirements
- 4 - Description
- 5 - Contact me
- 6 - To Do
- 7 - History
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-
- 1 - Disclaimer
-
- This program is copyright 1995 by Nowak Christophe.
- It's freeware. You can use it, spread it, as long as you
- don't ask money for it and don't modify it.
- It can be spread with Prowizard and ExoticRipper.
- Remember to register to these products if you use them.
- This software is provided "as is" without any warranty, either
- expressed or implied. By using this software, you accept the entire
- risk as to its quality and performance.
-
- 2 - Introduction
-
- This little program enables you to search for crunched datas
- inside a file with the help of the XfdMaster library.
- The first aim was to be able to search for crunched datas on
- a disk more easily.
- When a cruncher is found, you can save the crunched file or
- decrunch and save it.
- I wrote this little tool to help me to find music modules in
- demos or games. Remember, when you get a module, don't forget
- to put the author's name in the module if it's not present.
-
- 3 - Requirements
-
- - 1 Amiga
- - Xfdmaster library from Georg Hörmann
- The program was tested on :
- - A4030/2 chip/4 fast
- - A1200/2 chip
- I don't know if there are enforcer hits.
- I think it should work on all 'not so old' amigas.
-
- 4 - Description
-
- For now, the program can only be launched from CLI and accept
- no parameters (i want to make a GUI but i'm doing my
- military time now, but i hope to put some asl requesters soon).
- After launching the program, it will ask you a filename.
- Enter the name of the file you want to search into.
- The program will load the file in memory and begin to search for
- crunched datas.
- When it finds one, a message will be printed :
- name of the cruncher found
- (S)ave crunched data, (D)ecrunch data, (C)ontinue search, (E)xit
-
- if you enter :
- - S : the crunched file will be save from its beginning to the
- end of the loaded file.
- - D : the program will try to decrunch the datas. If it works,
- you will be asked to enter a save name for the decrunched
- datas. If it fails (not enough memory, corrupted datas,...),
- you will be able to save the packed datas.
- - C : the program will continue the search.
- - E : the program will end.
-
- A search can be stopped by pressing on the left mouse button.
- (WARNING : The mouse test button is very bad code so it is not
- multitask at all. May be a better code later or use the MUI version.
- If somebody can send me a good mouse test in ASM i'll be very happy)
-
- WARNING :
- - PowerPacker Datas can not be decrunch because of the file
- format of the packer.
- - the xfdmaster library finds lots of DragPack 5.52 datas.
- Most of the time, they aren't.
-
- 5 - Contact Me
-
- For any problems, critics, ideas, contact me at :
- Nowak Christophe
- 7, rue du faisan
- 37230 Luynes
- France
-
- e-mail : onowak@ufrima.imag.fr
- (it's my brother account, so be patient for the answer).
-
- 6 - To Do
-
- - GUI (perhaps with MUI) but soon, i hope, asl requesters
- - gain some speed (i'm not a good Asm coder)
- - parameters when launched from CLI
- - more information like size of the decrunch datas, decrunch
- errors, etc...
-
- 7 - History
-
- 1.0 (26-feb-95) : first public version
- only speed improvement (lots of speed).
- Thanks to my brother Olivier.
-
- 0.9 (5-Jan-95) : internal release
- first useable version but very, very slow.
- (about 5 mn for a 80 ko file, arghhh!!).
-