@DATABASE "XSA.guide"
@$VER: XSA.guide 1.0 (10.6.1998)
@AUTHOR "Deok-Min Yun"

@NODE Main "XSA Documentation"

@{JCENTER}This is documentation for XSA 1.0 for Amiga.

@{JCENTER}XSC and XSD are ©1995 by Alex Wulms/XelaSoft
@{JCENTER}Amiga ports have been done by Deok-Min Yun in 1998


@{JCENTER}@{B}Table of Contents@{UB}

@{JCENTER}@{" Introduction     " link Introduction}
@{JCENTER}@{" Legal Stuff      " link LegalStuff}
@{JCENTER}@{" Requirements     " link Requirements}
@{JCENTER}@{" How To Install   " link Installation}
@{JCENTER}@{" How To Use       " link Usage}
@{JCENTER}@{" Revision History " link XSA.History/Main}
@{JCENTER}@{" Things To Do     " link XSA.ToDo/Main}
@{JCENTER}@{" Authors          " link Authors}

@ENDNODE

@NODE Introduction
@{B}Introduction@{UB}

XSA is an Amiga port of utilities XSC and XSD.

The following is taken from the original documentation.

The programs in this archive are designed to use disk-images created
with XelaSoft's D2F and F2D tools on non-MSX systems. The programs 
XSC and XSD are a general compression program and a general decompression
program. The compression format used is compatible with the compression
format used by D2F and F2D.

The program XSC can be used to convert a .XSA disk image into a .DSK disk
image, which then can be loaded into a MSX emulator supporting .DSK disk
images or which can be copied to a disk with some appropriate tool.

@ENDNODE

@NODE LegalStuff
@{B}Legal Stuff@{UB}

@{U}@{FG SHINE}Copyright@{FG TEXT}@{UU}

XSC and XSD are public domain.  You are free to use and distribute them.


@{U}@{FG SHINE}Disclaimer@{FG TEXT}@{UU}

These programs are provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind.  The
author assumes no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any damage
or data loss caused by using these programs.

@ENDNODE

@NODE Requirements
@{B}Requirements@{UB}

- Workbench 1.3 or better (not tested).

@ENDNODE

@NODE Installation
@{B}How To Install@{UB}

There is no special installation procedure required.  Just copy both XSC
and XSD files to any place you want.  Copying them to command search
path such as C:  would be a good idea if you want to use them regularly.

@ENDNODE

@NODE Usage
@{B}How To Use@{UB}

XSC and XSD are CLI only utilities.  Please do not try to use them from
Workbench.


@{U}@{FG SHINE}XSC@{FG TEXT}@{UU}

For compressing a file to .XSA format, type the following in the
command-line.

> XSC infile outfile[.xsa]

infile is the file you want to compress.  outfile is the name of the
resulting XSA file.  Unlike the original version of XSC, it is possible
to supply .xsa extension.

e.g. XSC Xanadu.DSK Xanadu
     XSC Xak2 Xak2.XSA


@{U}@{FG SHINE}XSD@{FG TEXT}@{UU}

For decompressing a file from .XSA format, type the following in the
command-line.

> XSD inname[.xsa] outname

inname is the file you want to decompress.  Unlike the original version
of XSD, it is possible to supply .xsa extension.  outname is the name of
the resulting file you want to call it as.

e.g. XSD Xanadu.XSA Xanadu.DSK
     XSD Xak2 Xak2

@ENDNODE

@NODE Authors
@{B}Authors@{UB}

@{U}@{FG SHINE}Original Author@{FG TEXT}@{UU}

Alex Wulms

When you like these programs, feel free to send a picture postcard of
the place where you live to:

A. Wulms
Oude Singel 206
2312 RJ Leiden (the Netherlands)

When you have any comments, suggestions, bug reports, etc.  please send
these to the above mentioned address or to:

awulms@inter.nl.net


@{U}@{FG SHINE}Amiga Port@{FG TEXT}@{UU}

Name   : Deok-Min Yun
E-Mail : dmyun@mailexcite.com
         dmyun@hotmail.com
         dmyun@rocketmail.com
WWW    : http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/7576/
         http://members.tripod.com/~dmyun/

Amiga specific bug reports or suggestions should be sent to me.

My other programs include,

Aminet2DB : Aminet RECENT, CSV, TSV converter.
CUR2ILBM  : Windows cursor/icon to ILBM converter.
KLS       : Korean Locale System for Amiga.
MrCAMD    : GUI frontend for CAMD_Toolkit using MUIRexx.
MrMIDI    : GUI frontend for GMPlay using MUIRexx.
MrMPEG    : GUI frontend for MPEGA using MUIRexx.
RGBx_DT   : RGBx DataType for RGBN and RGB8.
XBM_DT    : X BitMap DataType.

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