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!BEEBARC/!HELP

This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.

Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.

Tape/disk: Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_Dominic_4.adf
Filename: !BEEBARC/!HELP
Read OK:
File size: 0898 bytes
Load address: FFFFFF47
Exec address: 5EBA950
Duplicates

There are 2 duplicate copies of this file in the archive:

File contents
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(_)___/___\___|_.__/|_| |_|_| \__| 0.03a, 3 July 1996

A *FREEWARE* desktop utility to do conversions between BBC archives and RISC
OS directory structures.

	From:				To:
	.ssd file			Directory
	.dsd file			Directory
	ZIP file with .inf files	Directory
	Directory with .inf files	Directory
	Directory with DFS-style names	Dir (or ZIP file) with .inf files

Just drag the file or directory to BeebArc, set the options, then drag the
save icon to the destination filer window (or type in the pathname).


Converting .ssd and .dsd files
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You'll see a save box containing these options:
	o  Side :0	- just unpacks the first side of the 'disk'
	o  Side :2	- just unpacks the second side of the 'disk'
	o  Both		- unpacks both sides
	�  65Host	- unpacks in a more !65Host-friendly way;
			  if 'Both' selected then unpacks to two subdirs

The disk image must be of type 'Data'.

Converting from .inf format
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The option 'Filetype', when on, causes files identifiable by their load or
exec addresses as BASIC or ROM to have RISC OS filetypes.

Converting to .inf format
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The option 'Archive', when on, will *try* to output a ZIP archive instead of
an ordinary directory. This requires SparkFS and its Zip module to be loaded
- if both are not present, an ordinary directory is created.


Command line usage
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It is possible to use the three programs
	Add/inf
	DFS_Split
	Un/inf
from the command line. See the files in !BeebArc.Docs for more details.


Contact
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Snail-mail:	Darren Salt,
		17, Allendale Crescent
		Wansbeck Estate
		Stakeford
		Northumberland
		NE62 5YG

E-mail:		arcsalt@spuddy.mew.co.uk	darren.salt@unn.ac.uk
						(until June 1997?)


Copyright
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BeebArc, and its associated files, are all Copyright � 1996 Darren Salt.


Disclaimer
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While I have tried to ensure that this product is bug-free, I cannot be held
responsible for any problems (loss of data etc.) that it may cause. However,
I will attempt to fix any bugs reported to me, provided I can repeat them.
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00000890  74 20 74 68 65 6d 2e 0a                           |t them..|
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