Short: Multiformat disk archiver Author: alex@indigo.farma.unimi.it (Alessandro Pedretti) Uploader: alex indigo farma unimi it (Alessandro Pedretti) Type: util/arc Version: 1.2 Architecture: m68k-amigaos xFX is a program that has some features of an old and very usable utility called DMS. Using some emulators (ShapeShifter, AmiMSX, fMSX, Speculator, etc.), the Author found many disk problems that have been solved with this utility. In other words, xFX is a tool to create disk images (packed or unpacked) from whatever storage medium in order to transfer (modem, E-Mail, etc.) or simply to archive. A little problem is the manipulation of Macintosh HD floppies. xFX is able to use many device drivers that are compatible with trackdisk.device (e.g. mfm.device, scsi.device, fmsdisk.device, ramdrive.device, etc.). This feature is usable to read and write file-disks, and so, to obtain security-only disk copies. This performance is very useful to copy the Mac HD disks, because xFX is much faster then ShapeShifter (with most probability the very slow disk copy operation is a problem of MacOS and not of the wonderful ShapeShifter). All file-disks generated with xFX (included packed files) do not make usage of a proprietary format and thus they can be used with other software without any limit. This feature allows to unpack a file-disk with any utility that fully supports XPK format. Requirements: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - CPU 68000 or better. - Kickstart 2.0 (V37) or better. - XPK libraries (optional). - rexxsyslib.library (optional). - reqtools.library (optional). - powerpacker.library (optional). - GZip (optional). - Any memory storage driver, like: floppy driver (3.5" DD, 3.5" HD, 5.25"), hard disk, ZIP, JAZ, floptical, CD-ROM, LS-120, etc. - Correspondent device drivers. For the Graphic User Interface (GuiX): - Kickstart 3.0 (V39) or better. - Magic User Interface (MUI) V3.3 or better. - asl.library For IEC device access: - iec.library (Easy1541 Package). - IEC cable. New in this release: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - SCSI direct commands. - No more disk ejection during SCSI access. - SCSI errors decoding. - IEC access (only for C= 1541 disk drivers). - Removed a little bug of READ command. - Corrected the inhibition of disk access. - Now xFX can READ/WRITE from/to first-in/first-out devices (like PIPE:, FIFO:, etc). - GZip de/packing (through GuiX and zFX script). - Removed an heavy bug into COPY command with DISKBUF option. - The CLI progress bar works fine with fast devices. - Added PowerPacker support into UnPacker tool. - Now the installer is localized in French. - Dynamic code optimiztion. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 108057 24677 77.1% 28-Mar-98 12:23:18 +xFX-Eng.guide 1392 557 59.9% 10-Sep-97 15:32:18 +xFX-Eng.guide.info 115546 28239 75.5% 28-Mar-98 12:23:56 +xFX-Ita.guide 1392 560 59.7% 10-Sep-97 15:32:18 +xFX-Ita.guide.info 432 195 54.8% 22-Jul-97 14:51:40 +Check_Disk.rexx 1631 1259 22.8% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Check_Disk.rexx.info 600 246 59.0% 22-Jul-97 15:59:48 +DiskCopy.rexx 1631 1262 22.6% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +DiskCopy.rexx.info 417 196 52.9% 22-Jul-97 14:52:14 +PrintGeo.rexx 1631 1260 22.7% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +PrintGeo.rexx.info 328 141 57.0% 22-Jul-97 14:10:22 +Quit.rexx 1631 1259 22.8% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Quit.rexx.info 539 243 54.9% 22-Jul-97 15:05:30 +Read_Disk.rexx 1631 1259 22.8% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Read_Disk.rexx.info 366 170 53.5% 22-Jul-97 14:20:02 +ReqErr.rexx 1631 1261 22.6% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +ReqErr.rexx.info 910 408 55.1% 22-Jul-97 14:18:24 +Test.rexx 1631 1260 22.7% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Test.rexx.info 388 172 55.6% 22-Jul-97 14:23:14 +Version.rexx 1631 1259 22.8% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Version.rexx.info 530 236 55.4% 25-Jul-97 17:25:08 +Write_Disk.rexx 1631 1260 22.7% 29-Aug-97 11:36:46 +Write_Disk.rexx.info 19715 4528 77.0% 24-Jan-98 15:19:50 +GuiX.cd 11047 3140 71.5% 18-Apr-98 11:04:16 +GuiX.ct 9429 3128 66.8% 06-Jan-98 16:25:32 +xFX.cd 6094 2399 60.6% 18-Apr-98 10:57:30 +xFX.ct 71488 28306 60.4% 18-Apr-98 12:58:28 +GuiX 3962 1191 69.9% 18-Apr-98 11:56:40 +GuiX.info 6160 2576 58.1% 18-Apr-98 11:04:26 +GuiX.catalog 5346 2411 54.9% 18-Apr-98 11:03:44 +xFX.catalog 1243 715 42.4% 25-Sep-97 17:09:10 xFX.info 1233 803 34.8% 25-Sep-97 17:09:08 +ARexx.info 1192 773 35.1% 25-Sep-97 17:09:08 +Docs.info 5426 1571 71.0% 18-Apr-98 09:51:00 +Install 1675 732 56.2% 03-Feb-98 20:23:58 +Install.info 7942 2816 64.5% 15-Nov-97 18:53:08 +SCSI_Errors.dat 43128 24492 43.2% 18-Apr-98 12:56:56 +xFX 1668 1151 30.9% 25-Sep-97 17:09:08 +xFX.info 2863 1164 59.3% 18-Apr-98 10:49:18 +zFX -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 445187 149275 66.4% 18-Apr-98 12:58:50 39 files Operation successful.