Short: DMS unpacker (PPC), incl. portable source Author: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de Uploader: Andre R. de la Rocha, Andreas R. Kleinert (port) Version: 1.1 (28.2.98) Type: util/arc xDMS is a public domain portable program to unpack DMS files. It is written in ANSI C and can be compiled in most platforms. It will be more useful for users of Amiga emulators, but is also useful for real Amiga users aswell. This archive comes with the source code and binaries for Amiga. xDMS Features: Supports decompression of files compressed using all known DMS compression modes, including old and obsolete ones, and also encrypted files, for 100% compatibility. Can test DMS files integrity, view file informations and show attached Banners and FILEID.DIZ . Can generate standard disk images and compressed disk images, using gzip, if you want to store your files in ADF or ADZ formats. Can extract the files contained inside the DMS archives, if the compressed disk is an AmigaDOS disk, using readdisk made by Bernd Schmidt. Can process multiple files in batch with a single command, and also use stdin and stdout for input and output of data. PPC binaries have the ".elf" extension and are useable from Shell when being used with ppc.library V46+ -- ARK, 27/Aug/98 ************************************************************************************* ************************************************************************************* Note: In the past, some guy called "SPH" took most of my free PPC ports (those where the sources have been included) and ported them to WOS. While I've nothing against WOS ports, an other point is very distasteful and unfair in my opinion: removing all references to my name and initials and simply replacing those with his own, while also removing all references to PPC-Lib/ELF and replacing those with WOS references and usually some flames or even offenses against the competing kernel and porter - without actually rewriting the readme text itself in a major way (for example, if I describe what *I* specifically did for the port - and what he didn't have to do a *second* time, of course - he does not even remove/change *those* notes and/or give me credit). This leads to the strange situation, that I hereby have to copyright this .readme text, to claim its authorship and forbid changes which aren't clearly marked as being changes to the original: While quotes may have been derived from other parts of the distribution, the whole .readme as such now is (C)opyrighted by Andreas R. Kleinert in 1998. Copyrights to the other files remain as such. Nevertheless I'd ask anyone to give me credit for the changes which I did myself and which of course have been labeled/marked/documented as such. Even free software lives from respecting the intellectual work and property of others. Thank you. ************************************************************************************* ************************************************************************************* ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 37981 17119 54.9% 27-Aug-98 12:20:54 +readdisk.elf 96692 38692 59.9% 27-Aug-98 12:22:44 +xDMS.elf 3123 1464 53.1% 27-Aug-98 12:24:52 +PPCxDMS.readme 2116 2116 0.0% 28-Feb-98 16:38:44 +rd_src.lha 146 121 17.1% 28-Feb-98 16:40:24 +Readme.powerup 17432 17432 0.0% 28-Feb-98 16:38:36 +source.lha 14442 5735 60.2% 28-Feb-98 16:30:04 +xdms.txt -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 171932 82679 51.9% 28-Aug-98 22:35:18 7 files