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## $VER: ABinary.guide 41.0 (07-Nov-2000)

@NODE MAIN "ABinaryDT Documentation"
		       @{b}ABinaryDT - AROS Binary DataType@{ub}
			  Version 41.0 (07-Nov-2000)

				 @{"Introduction" LINK Introduction}

				 @{"Requirements" LINK Requirements}

				 @{"Installation" LINK Installation}

				 @{"Usage" LINK Usage}

				 @{"Limitations" LINK Limitations}

				 @{"Future" LINK Future}

				 @{"History" LINK History}

				 @{"Copyright and License" LINK Copyright}

				 @{"Download" LINK Download}

				 @{"Sourcecode" LINK Sourcecode}

				 @{"Authors" LINK Authors}

				 @{"Contact" LINK Contact}
@ENDNODE

@NODE "Introduction"
@{b}Introduction@{ub}

ABinaryDT - AROS Binary DataType is a DataType for binary data, much like the
original binary.datatype. It displays any data that there is no other
DataType for, in hexadecimal and ASCII form.
ABinaryDT is, unlike the original binary.datatype, a sub-DataType of
text.datatype. Because of this, it works with AmigaOS 3.5 too.
AROS Binary DataType is a byproduct of The Amiga Research OS.
It was first written for AROS and then backported to the Amiga.

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@NODE "Requirements"
@{b}Requirements@{ub}

Minimum:

- An Amiga with 68020
- AmigaOS 3.0 or newer with DataType-support
- plenty of RAM, ABinaryDT holds two instances of the displayed file in RAM.

Recommented:

- The faster, the better, as always.

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@NODE "Installation"
@{b}Installation@{ub}

If you are on AmigaOS3.1 and below remove the original binary.datatype:

    delete FORCE Sys:Classes/DataTypes/binary.datatype
    delete FORCE Devs:DataTypes/Binary
    delete FORCE Devs:DataTypes/Binary.info

On AmigaOS3.5 this shouldn't be neccessary, because the original binary.datatype
doesn't work with AmigaOS3.5.
Now copy binary.datatype to Sys:Classes/DataTypes/ :

    copy binary.datatype TO Sys:Classes/DataTypes/ CLONE

A DataType Descriptor in Devs:DataTypes/ is not neccessary.
Now reboot your Amiga to activate the new ABinaryDT. This is not needed
if you did not have a binary.datatype installed before.

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@NODE "Usage"
@{b}Usage@{ub}

ABinaryDT works like any other DataType -- in the background.
Just use your favourite DataType-viewer, like Multiview.
Any file there is no other DataType for is displayed by ABinaryDT.
Because of this "default" behaviour no DataType Descriptor in
Devs:DataTypes is needed.

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@NODE "Limitations"
@{b}Limitations@{ub}

ABinaryDT is a memory hog! It holds the original binary data plus its
ASCII-representation in RAM. This is due its implementation as a sub-DataType
of text.datatype. There is no way around this. If you are low on RAM,
you shouldn't use AmigaOS 3.5! Use AmigaOS 3.1 and the original
binary.datatype insteed.

@ENDNODE

@NODE "Future"
@{b}Future@{ub}

There are no concrete plans for a future version.
Bugfixes in the AROS-version are of course incorporated
into the Amiga-Version.
If you miss something or have suggestions, feel free to contact us.
See @{"Contact" LINK Contact} for details.

@ENDNODE

@NODE "History"
@{b}History@{ub}

ABinaryDT 41.0 (07-Nov-2000) : initial release

@ENDNODE

@NODE "Copyright"
@{b}Copyright and License@{ub}

AROS Binary DataType is Copyright (C) 1995-2000 AROS - The Amiga Research OS.

It is licensed under the AROS PUBLIC LICENSE (APL).
Please see the file license.html for details.

@ENDNODE

@NODE "Download"
@{b}Download@{ub}

The Amiga version of AROS Binary DataType is distributed trough the Aminet.
There you can always find the latest version.

@ENDNODE

@NODE "Sourcecode"
@{b}Sourcecode@{ub}

The sourcecode is included in the distribution.
It can also be found on the AROS-homepage at

    http://www.aros.org

@ENDNODE

@NODE "Authors"
@{b}Authors@{ub}

AROS Binary DataType is a joint effort of The Amiga Research OS.

Georg Steger has done the main work on AROS Binary DataType.
He has based his work on text.datatype by Sebastian Bauer.
Jörg Dietrich backported the AROS version to AmigaOS.
Iain Templeton did the proofreading of this guide.

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@NODE "Contact"
@{b}Contact@{ub}

For the Amiga version of AROS Binary DataType please contact Jörg Dietrich
at Dietrich_Joerg@t-online.de first.
Of course you can contact The Amiga Research OS too.
Please see http://www.aros.org for details.


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