############################################################################# ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / _) / \ / | \ / \ / _) / | \ / |__ / \ \ / | \ / \ / |__ / \ / \/ \/ \/ | \/ \/ \ \______/\____\__/\_______/\___|___/\______/\___|___/ ___ / \ / \ \ / \ \_______/ ___ ___ ___________ _ ___ / \ / \\ _ _ // \ / _) / \ / \ \\// \\// \ / |_ / \/ \/ \/ \/ \ \__|_|__/\___|___/\_____/\_____/\_____/ ############################################################################# Crunch-O-Matic v1.0 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- All Rights Reserved (c) 1992 Andreas Genthner Release Date: 18.7.1992 Shareware Introduction ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ "Oh no ! Not again a new packer !" Luckily you can't say this to Crunch-O-Matic. Because this is the FIRST cruncher that can pack AND execute an IFF, Sountracker and Text file. Of course executeable files too. Crunch-O-Matic is Shareware. The unregistered version can be spread alround the world as long as the following files are also spread: Crunch-O-Matic Crunch-O-Matic.info Crunch-O-Matic.doc Crunch-O-Matic.doc.info You are not allowed to demand any money for copying this program, apart of the money for disk and postage. That should not be more than US$ 5. The unregistered version may be put on PD series as long as the package and the money rules are kept. If you like and use Crunch-O-Matic please register yourself. If you don't want to register yourself just delete the file from your disks and try to live without it. Requirements ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Crunch-O-Matic requires nothing unusual. It runs on *every* Amiga, under OS 2.0 and 1.3. It should also work on lower kickstart versions There are no big differences between the outfit of Crunch-O-Matic using OS 2.0 and 1.3 except the font and the mouse-pointer are the normal system preferences. The colours are loaded by the program itself, so you can enjoy even on kick 1.3 the OS 2.0 gadgets. And because of Crunch-O-Matic also running on kick 1.3 it requires the reqtools.library which was written by Nico François. If you don't have the library installed then you can do it with "InstallReqTools". How To Become A Registered User ? ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ If you want to be a registered user of Crunch-O-Matic simply send US$ 10 or DM 15 to: Andreas Genthner Furtwänglerstr. 85 D-7000 Stuttgart 1 Germany You will be a registered user and you will get your personal version of the latest Crunch-O-Matic and the assembler data decrunch routine. How To Get The Latest Version ? ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ If you are already a registered user and want to get the latest version then please send US$5 or DM 8 to me. You will get the latest version as soon as it is finished. The money is only for postage, disk and a coke for me, the coder of this. If you are not a registered user and want to get the latest full working version, you should read "How To Become Registered User ?" again. The latest unregistered version will always be on the Crunch-O-Matic supporting boards: Joker's Den [Canada] +1-418-653-8652 USR 14.4 HST +1-418-653-S00N USR 16.8 HST Dual Ultra BBS [Germany] +49-7152-55546 ZyXEL V.32bis +49-7152-ELiTE Supra V.22bis Forbidden Planet [Ireland] +353-[0]-18-215447 USR 14.4 HST Dual What Are The Advantages Using Crunch-O-Matic ? ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Crunch-O-Matic appears first as a normal cruncher, but if you look closer at it, you will see that Crunch-O-Matic is different to the most other packers. The packed text, picture or module files can be executed and shown, viewed or played depending on the kind of file. The major advantage of Crunch-O-Matic should be that Crunch-O-Matic is shareware and other compareable packers (e.g. PowerPacker) are commercial. Without any doubt I can say that Crunch-O-Matic crunches better and faster than PowerPacker. (Nicht immer, aber immer öfter) Make a test between this packer and every other packer you know. You will get surprising results. How To Use It ? ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ The now following description should help you to get along with all the functions: Filename - Includes the name of the current file Load Length - This is the length of the Load File Save Length - It's the final length of the saved file. It already includes the length of the decruncher, if the file was crunched. Bytes Saved - Shows the amount of bytes that were saved by crunching. Free Chip Mem - Shows the amount of free chip memory. Free Fast Mem - Shows the amount of free fast memory. Total Free Mem - Shows the amount of total available memory. Finished xx% - The percent figure show how far the crunching process is done. This could also be seen in the length of the blue beam. Crunched xx% - Shows the amount of the saved bytes in percent Decrunch Color - Select the color register that will flash during decrunching. You can choose between Color 0-3, Pointer, Scroll and None. Pack Mode - You should always use Mode 1 because I only added Mode 2 in case that Mode 1 fails. That's very rarely but it could happen. Multitask - If it isn't selected the system will be switched off. That effects a little more speed during cruching. After crunching, the efficency of the crunching is displayed as usually. While working without system you can abort crunching by pressing the left and right mouse. Ask Before... - If it's selected and the file you have chosen already exists a requester will ask you if you really want to overwrite/delete the file. Auto File Recog - If it is selected it doesn't matter which crunch function you select (Executeable, Text, Picture, Module). The cruncher will always automatically add the right decruncher to the file. Only if the selected file isn't anything of that you will be asked if it should be crunched as a "Data" or "Text" file. If it is switched off you have to select the right menu item to crunch a file. Crunch - See the text below to check what each packmode effects. The file you can select in the file requester will be crunched. If it was already crunched with Crunch-O-Matic the program will decrunch it (see Decrunch). The crunched program will be saved to the filename of the now upcoming file requester. At the end of this process you are asked if you want to save the file again. Text File - The saved file is executeable, it will decrunch the text und display it in the current window. You can abort typing by hitting CTRL until the typing stops. Picture File - In fornt of the crunched data a header will be written. The crunched file is executeable. If you start it, the picture will be shown. The viewer is full system coded, no hardware used, to guarant an everywhere-running file. The routine displays nearly every IFF-picture using the normal DPaint sizes (including overscan). To end showing press the left mouse button. Module File - Crunches soundtracker, protracker (but without finetune) or any other standart tracker files. The timing for the playing of the music is done by the level 6 interrupt. Press left and right mouse to end playing. Data File - If the selected file isn't a picture, module or text file the file is crnched in the data mode. The saved file contains no header only the crunched data. Stop Crunching - During "Multitask Crunch" you can click on this Gadget to stop crunching. A requester will tell you that the crunching was aborted. Decrunch - This will decrunch every Crunch-O-Matic packed file to the original filekind. The mousecolors will flash while decrunching. If a file was not packed with Crunch-O-Matic a requester will come up and tell you that the damn packed file was not crunched with the cool Crunch-O-Matic. Delete - A file-requester will open and you can choose the file that will be deleted. If you have "Ask Before Overwriting" switched on, a requester will make sure that you really want to delete the file. If it is not switched on there will be *no* possibility to cancel deleteing after you have clicked on OK. Quit - Damn, I forgot what this is for !!! Sleep - Closes the screen and window and opens a small window. To restart Crunch-O-Matic simply press the right mouse in the activated window. About - The info window that you already saw as you started Crunch-O-Matic will open again. Anything Else To Say ? ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ I am not responsible for any damage that was caused Crunch-O-Matic. You must use it on your own risk. That doesn't mean that Crunch-O-Matic destroys every bit of data, but it must be said. Crunch-O-Matic was written in ASM-ONE v1.02 assembler (the best one) on an Amiga 2000C OS2.0. I would like to thank these people: Alpha of Magic for beta testing Crunch-O-Matic on 1.3 and technical support, Match of Magic for the ansis and the unuseable suggestions and for the 5 hour patience he had while I was trying to fix a bug by hitting my fist on the keyboard, The SysOps of Joker's Den, Forbidden Planet, Ultra BBS for spreading the unregisterd version of Crunch-O-Matic, MTV for permanent music irrigation, OS2.0 for the gadgets, die fantastischen vier for great german rap, and the rest of the world for hating "New Kids On The Block" !!! personal greets to these guyz: all Magic members Murk/Sonic Dr. Mastermind/Laser Dance Kyle/Arise Fileppeto/Vega Rob Int. + Ragman/UPS Stefan Hansson written by Andreas Genthner [Swiff of Magic] on the 15.7.1992 RTS NO CARRIER GAME OVER THE END REGISTERING