****************************** Double Action ® ***************************** ####### ###### ### ###### ####### ##### ###### ### #### # ### #### ### # #### #### # ### ###### ### ##### ### ####### ###### ### # #### ### #### ### # #### # #### ### # #### ### ###### ### # #### # #### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ####### ##### ###### #### # #### #### # #### #### #### ### #### # #### # ###### ####### #### # ##### ####### #### ### #### # ###### # #### #### #### # #### #### #### ### #### # # #### # #### ###### ###### ###### ###### ###### ### ##### # #### (C) 1990 By VINCE Of TRISTAR! Version 1.0 - 24.08.1990 · Tools For Fools ****************************** Double Action ® ***************************** »» CRUNCHING DEPTH «« ----------------------- You Can Choice 4 Crunch Ranges: - Light Crunch $181 - Normal Crunch $701 - Good Crunch $1501 - Berserker Crunch $11101 (Hi Ralf) But ATTENTION: -------------- The Higher The Value The Better The Gain In Crunching. But Unfortunately The Higher The Value The Longer The Time You Will Have To Wait. $181 Should Be The Lowest Value To Use Because The Gain Of Time Would Be Only A Few Seconds But The Loss Of Gain In Crunching Would Be Much ! The Best And Most Useable Value In This Version Is The Good Crunch Value, $1502 ! You Can Also Specify Your own Crunch-Range By Clicking On: 'Scanning $..... Bytes'. A Turbo Crunch Will Be Soon Added !! »» RELOCATE FILE «« --------------------- The Cruncher Distinguishes Between RelocFiles And Absolute Adressed Files Automatically. If You Want To Crunch A RelocFile The Cruncher Asks As Next For The Address To Relocate In Memory (Fix to:). The Cruncher Relocates The File While Displaying The Complete Hunk-Structure. Debug And Symbol Hunks Will Be Removed. When Discovering Any Error Or An Overlay Hunk The Cruncher Will Stop The Relocation And Returns To The Beginning ! In Case You Load An Absolute File The Cruncher Loads It Directly Into Memory. »» DECRUNCHER POSITION «« --------------------------- $100 Is A Usable Location. The Decruncher Length Is Exactly 566 Bytes ! »» DECRUNCHED DATA POSITION «« -------------------------------- Think Of The Security Distance (Displayed Below !) If You Use Low Memory Locations. Now Remember The Location If You Have Loaded A Data File ! »» SET STACKPOINTER «« ------------------------ This Is Very Useful To Crunch Large Files For 512 K Amigas, If You Do Not Want To Set, Just Press Return ! »» SECURITY DISTANCE «« ------------------------- I Have Integrated This Because Programmes Sometimes Grow A Bit In A Pass. To Avoid Overwriting The Source File Choose The Distance High Enough, $100 Is A Useable Value; That Is The Distance Between The Crunched And The Uncrunched Data. Note This, If You Use $100 Then $100 Will Be The Lowest Address For The Location Of The Decrunched Data ! If A Program Does Not Work Or Grows To A Huge File Especially In Pass One Then Try A Higher Value. »» START CRUNCHING «« ----------------------- The Cruncher Will Display The Results After Each Pass ! What Should I Now Say ;-) Hehe ****************************** Double Action ® ***************************** »»» The Menu-Bar And It's Functions ««« »» LOAD «« ------------ You Can Either Load Files (Absolute Or Relocatable) Or Tracks. Using The Trackload Option Will Show You A Little Selfexplanating Window. »» SAVE «« ------------ Same As The Load Option. »» DELETE «« -------------- If You Want To Delete Some Files On Your Disk, Use This Option ! »» RELOCATE FILE «« --------------------- With This Cruncher, It Is Possible To Relocate ONLY A File To A Fixed Address And Save It Again. Use This Option ! It Works Like In The Main Cruncher-Part. »» TASK PRIORITY «« --------------------- Switched To Task priority 100%, The Screen Will Be Switched Off And All Other Tasks Will Be Halted ! The POWER-LED Flickers To Indicate The Crunching ! »» ABOUT «« ------------- Some Absolutely Interesting And Valuable Remarks From Vince Himself. »» SLEEP «« ------------- Like Other programmes, Our Cruncher Is Able To Go Into A Sleep Position. Use This Option And A Little Window Will Appear Instead Of The MainScreen. Click On This Window And Then Press Right Mousebutton To ReEnter The Cruncher (Simple He ?). »» QUIT «« ------------ I Think You Know... ****************************** Double Action ® ***************************** »» REMARKS & HINTS «« ----------------------- My Cruncher Seems Now To Be Better Than The Most Other Crunchers, Only The DefjamPacker Is A Little Bit Better In Crunching Short Files With A Low CrunchOffset. I Now Implement A Turbo Mode, So Wait For The Next Version Wich Will Be Much Improved. During Decrunching All Other Tasks Are Halted Till The Jump Into The Program, The Disk Motor Of All Drives Will Be Stopped. The Whole Program , Crunching And Decrunching Routines Are Completely Written And Developed By Vince Of TRISTAR ! ****************************** Double Action ® ***************************** »» Some Statistics About The Crunching Gain !! «« FileName Length Blocks FileName Length Blocks ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- xoper.abs 26064 51 zip.abs 114228 227 ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- xo.defjampacker 18620 37 !ZIP.DOUBLE 49728 99! !XO.DOUBLE 18784 37! zip.try_it 50728 101 xo.timecruncher 18832 37 zip.defjampacker 51080 101 xo.try_it 19268 38 zip.timecruncher 51252 102 xo.tetrapacker 19560 39 zip.tetrapacker 53040 105 xo.black&decker 19868 39 zip.black&decker 54344 108 ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- CrunchOffset: $400 CrunchOffset: $800 FileName Length Blocks % -------------------------------------------- superbase-pro.abs 334284 662 100.0% -------------------------------------------- !SB.DOUBLE 168544 334 50.4%! sb.try_it 171824 340 51.4% sb.timecruncher 173836 344 52.0% sb.defjampacker 175148 347 52.4% -------------------------------------------- CrunchOffset: $900 -------------------------------------------- !SB.DOUBLE 162060 321 48.4%! -------------------------------------------- CrunchOffset: $1502 FileName Length Blocks % -------------------------------------------- grand-sample 311190 616 100.0% -------------------------------------------- !GRAND.DOUBLE 271676 538 87.3%! grand.defjam 277604 550 89.2% grand.bd 277734 550 89.2% -------------------------------------------- CrunchOffset: $1502 ****************************** Double Action ® ***************************** System.Absolute 131072 % ----------------------------------- !SYSTEM.DOUBLE 81896 62.48! ----------------------------------- System.TryIt 82544 62.98 System.Time 84140 64.19 System.Defjam 84428 64.41 ----------------------------------- [ CrunchOffset: $1502 ] [ DefjamPacker: $0400 ] [ Imploder: 4 = $1794 ] DefJamPacker Seems To Work BEST With CrunchOffset $400 So... Demo.Executable 319772 % DiskMaster.Executable 61860 % ----------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- !DEMO.DOUBLE 119116 37.25! !DISKMASTER.DOUBLE 32480 52.50! ----------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Demo.Tryit 124280 38.87 DiskMaster.Imploder 34012 54.98 Demo.Defjam 127184 39.77 DiskMaster.Defjam 34408 55.62 Demo.Imploder 127260 39.80 DiskMaster.TryIt 34916 56.44 Demo.Time 130476 40.80 DiskMaster.Time 34940 56.48 ----------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ****************************** Double Action ® ***************************** For The Latest Version, Remarks Or Questions Get In Touch With TRISTAR! © By Vince Of TRISTAR!