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:
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- 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:
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- 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.
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