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!Help file for ArcFS version 0.53
by M.Smith
15th August 1992
Software 42 are selling the full version of ArcFS 2. They can be contacted
at:
26A, Bull Lane,
Rayleigh,
Essex.
SS6 8JD.
Cost : �20, �40 with site licence or �12 if upgrading from ArcFS 1 (full
version - please include original disk from David Pilling).
Full information on ArcFS is available as part of the 'ArcFSExtra' package.
A utility to convert Spark format archives to new format archives, the
!ArcFSInfo application for displaying full infomation on ArcFS objects and
archives (including both full and compressed sizes) and a utility for
ensuring the presence of ArcFS 2 (like RMEnsure, but will ensure that ArcFS
2, read only or read / write, and not ArcFS 1 is present.) are also included.
This version of ArcFS is not P.D., but may be distributed subject to the
conditions in the 'Licence' file.
Many thanks to David Pilling, author of Spark and SparkPlug, for selling the
full version of ArcFS 1.
ArcFS has filing system number 56. My thanks to Acorn for the allocation of
this filing system number and for the allocation of the SWI chunk base
(&437C0).
The version of ArcFSFiler supplied with this version of ArcFS (v0.53) should
work with all versions of Oak's SCSI and Ian Copestake Software's IDE Hard
drive software.
Please note that I can no longer offer a registration service. If anyone
finds ArcFS very useful then please buy the full read / write version or
send a donation to one of the addresses below. Future improvements will be
sent to Acorn Computing / Archimedes World / Syracuse for distribution.
Please also note that I will no longer be sending out improvements
automatically to P.D. libraries. Again, upgrades will be available through
the above magazines.
ArcFS allows the loading and opening of (compressed) files in archives as
easily as files on ADFS or RamFS. It has its own ArcFS filer which displays
the root directory in a filer window of any archive which is double
clicked. From then on files and applications may be loaded as normal by
double clicking them. Directories may be displayed also by double clicking
them. ArcFS can, of cause, also be used from the command line. Facilities
for loading encrypted files are included, via a preferences window which can
be obtained by clicking on the ArcFS icon. An option to display the
hourglass whilst ArcFS is working is also provided
ArcFS 2 will load files in half the time (on average) that ArcFS 1 took.
The following is a guide to performance with an ARM 2:
Loading from floppies takes about 20% longer if the files are archived
(files compressed to below 20% can take less time to load from an
archive).
Loading from a hard disk takes about 10 times as long if files are
archived (remember that hard disk loading times are usually of the
order of a few tenths of a second - ArcFS 2 will take a few seconds
to load files from a hard disk.)
Performance with an ARM 3:
Loading from floppies should take about the same length of time whether
or not files are archived.
Loading from a hard disk should take about 5 times as long.
N.B. Since I don't have an ARM 3, the ARM 3 times are based on the little
information I have been given by other people.
ArcFS 2 will read ArcFS archives, Spark archives and most archives produced
on a P.C. by P.K. PAK or SEA arc.
*****************************************************************************
All comments and suggestions for future improvement are welcome but please
note that I cannot reply to letters without A STAMPED, ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.
The address is:
Mr. M. Smith
Pen-y-dre,
Riverside Ave.,
Broxbourne,
Herts.,
EN10 6RD.
I can be contacted more quickly 28th Sep - 18th Dec 1992 & 11th Jan - 20th
Mar 1993 at:
18A, Park Road,
Hayes,
Middx.
DO NOT SEND ANY MAIL TO REACH HERE AFTER 20TH MARCH 1993 - I WILL PROBABLY
NOT RECEIVE IT. There is no postcode yet, because I don't know it!
I would also, of course welcome details of any bugs discovered so
that I can correct them.
My JANET email address is:
ee91mds2@brunel.ac.uk
I can be contacted by this method Oct-Mar 1992/93, 1993/94 and Oct-Jun
1994/95. (Otherwise you will just get an automatic reply to say I'm not
there, but my mail will be read when I get back.)
� 1991, 1992 Mark Smith
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Again, | 000006b0 75 70 67 72 61 64 65 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 |upgrades will be| 000006c0 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 74 68 72 6f 75 | available throu| 000006d0 67 68 0a 74 68 65 20 61 62 6f 76 65 20 6d 61 67 |gh.the above mag| 000006e0 61 7a 69 6e 65 73 2e 0a 0a 41 72 63 46 53 20 61 |azines...ArcFS a| 000006f0 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 74 68 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e |llows the loadin| 00000700 67 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 70 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 |g and opening of| 00000710 20 28 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 29 20 66 69 | (compressed) fi| 00000720 6c 65 73 20 69 6e 20 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 73 20 |les in archives | 00000730 20 61 73 0a 65 61 73 69 6c 79 20 61 73 20 66 69 | as.easily as fi| 00000740 6c 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 41 44 46 53 20 6f 72 20 52 |les on ADFS or R| 00000750 61 6d 46 53 2e 20 49 74 20 68 61 73 20 69 74 73 |amFS. It has its| 00000760 20 6f 77 6e 20 41 72 63 46 53 20 66 69 6c 65 72 | own ArcFS filer| 00000770 20 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 73 | which displays| 00000780 0a 74 68 65 20 72 6f 6f 74 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 |.the root direct| 00000790 6f 72 79 20 69 6e 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 72 20 77 |ory in a filer w| 000007a0 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 6f 66 20 61 6e 79 20 61 72 63 |indow of any arc| 000007b0 68 69 76 65 20 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 64 |hive which is d| 000007c0 6f 75 62 6c 65 0a 63 6c 69 63 6b 65 64 2e 20 46 |ouble.clicked. F| 000007d0 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 |rom then on file| 000007e0 73 20 61 6e 64 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f |s and applicatio| 000007f0 6e 73 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 |ns may be loade| 00000800 64 20 61 73 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 20 62 79 0a 64 |d as normal by.d| 00000810 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 |ouble clicking t| 00000820 68 65 6d 2e 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 69 65 73 |hem. Directories| 00000830 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 | may be displaye| 00000840 64 20 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 62 79 20 64 6f 75 62 6c |d also by doubl| 00000850 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 0a 74 68 65 6d 2e |e clicking.them.| 00000860 20 41 72 63 46 53 20 63 61 6e 2c 20 6f 66 20 63 | ArcFS can, of c| 00000870 61 75 73 65 2c 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 62 65 20 75 73 |ause, also be us| 00000880 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d |ed from the com| 00000890 6d 61 6e 64 20 6c 69 6e 65 2e 20 46 61 63 69 6c |mand line. Facil| 000008a0 69 74 69 65 73 0a 66 6f 72 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e |ities.for loadin| 000008b0 67 20 65 6e 63 72 79 70 74 65 64 20 66 69 6c 65 |g encrypted file| 000008c0 73 20 61 72 65 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 64 2c 20 |s are included, | 000008d0 76 69 61 20 61 20 70 72 65 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 |via a preference| 000008e0 73 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 |s window which c| 000008f0 61 6e 0a 62 65 20 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 65 64 20 62 |an.be obtained b| 00000900 79 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |y clicking on th| 00000910 65 20 41 72 63 46 53 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 20 41 6e |e ArcFS icon. An| 00000920 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 64 69 73 70 6c | option to displ| 00000930 61 79 20 74 68 65 0a 68 6f 75 72 67 6c 61 73 73 |ay the.hourglass| 00000940 20 77 68 69 6c 73 74 20 41 72 63 46 53 20 69 73 | whilst ArcFS is| 00000950 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 61 6c 73 6f | working is also| 00000960 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 64 0a 0a 41 72 63 46 53 | provided..ArcFS| 00000970 20 32 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 66 69 6c | 2 will load fil| 00000980 65 73 20 69 6e 20 68 61 6c 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 |es in half the t| 00000990 69 6d 65 20 28 6f 6e 20 61 76 65 72 61 67 65 29 |ime (on average)| 000009a0 20 74 68 61 74 20 41 72 63 46 53 20 31 20 74 6f | that ArcFS 1 to| 000009b0 6f 6b 2e 0a 54 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e |ok..The followin| 000009c0 67 20 69 73 20 61 20 67 75 69 64 65 20 74 6f 20 |g is a guide to | 000009d0 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 61 6e 63 65 20 77 69 74 68 |performance with| 000009e0 20 61 6e 20 41 52 4d 20 32 3a 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 | an ARM 2:.. | 000009f0 4c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 6c 6f |Loading from flo| 00000a00 70 70 69 65 73 20 74 61 6b 65 73 20 61 62 6f 75 |ppies takes abou| 00000a10 74 20 32 30 25 20 6c 6f 6e 67 65 72 20 69 66 20 |t 20% longer if | 00000a20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 72 |the files are ar| 00000a30 63 68 69 76 65 64 0a 20 20 20 20 28 66 69 6c 65 |chived. (file| 00000a40 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |s compressed to | 00000a50 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 32 30 25 20 63 61 6e 20 74 61 |below 20% can ta| 00000a60 6b 65 20 6c 65 73 73 20 74 69 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 |ke less time to | 00000a70 6c 6f 61 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 61 6e 0a 20 20 20 |load from an. | 00000a80 20 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 29 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 | archive)... | 00000a90 4c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 61 20 68 |Loading from a h| 00000aa0 61 72 64 20 64 69 73 6b 20 74 61 6b 65 73 20 61 |ard disk takes a| 00000ab0 62 6f 75 74 20 31 30 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 61 73 |bout 10 times as| 00000ac0 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 69 66 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 61 | long if files a| 00000ad0 72 65 0a 20 20 20 20 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 64 20 |re. archived | 00000ae0 28 72 65 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 |(remember that h| 00000af0 61 72 64 20 64 69 73 6b 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 |ard disk loading| 00000b00 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 75 73 75 61 6c | times are usual| 00000b10 6c 79 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0a 20 20 20 20 6f 72 |ly of the. or| 00000b20 64 65 72 20 6f 66 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 74 65 6e |der of a few ten| 00000b30 74 68 73 20 6f 66 20 61 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 |ths of a second | 00000b40 2d 20 41 72 63 46 53 20 32 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 |- ArcFS 2 will t| 00000b50 61 6b 65 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 |ake a few second| 00000b60 73 0a 20 20 20 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 66 69 |s. to load fi| 00000b70 6c 65 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 61 20 68 61 72 64 20 |les from a hard | 00000b80 64 69 73 6b 2e 29 0a 0a 50 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 61 |disk.)..Performa| 00000b90 6e 63 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6e 20 41 52 4d 20 |nce with an ARM | 00000ba0 33 3a 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 4c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 |3:.. Loading | 00000bb0 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 69 65 73 20 73 68 |from floppies sh| 00000bc0 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 61 6b 65 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 |ould take about | 00000bd0 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 20 |the same length | 00000be0 6f 66 20 74 69 6d 65 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 0a |of time whether.| 00000bf0 20 20 20 20 6f 72 20 6e 6f 74 20 66 69 6c 65 73 | or not files| 00000c00 20 61 72 65 20 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 64 2e 0a 0a | are archived...| 00000c10 20 20 20 20 4c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d | Loading from| 00000c20 20 61 20 68 61 72 64 20 64 69 73 6b 20 73 68 6f | a hard disk sho| 00000c30 75 6c 64 20 74 61 6b 65 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 35 |uld take about 5| 00000c40 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 61 73 20 6c 6f 6e 67 2e 0a | times as long..| 00000c50 0a 4e 2e 42 2e 20 53 69 6e 63 65 20 49 20 64 6f |.N.B. 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PAK or| 00000d30 20 53 45 41 20 61 72 63 2e 0a 0a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a | SEA arc...*****| 00000d40 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a |****************| * 00000d80 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 0a 0a 41 6c 6c 20 63 6f |********..All co| 00000d90 6d 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 61 6e 64 20 73 75 67 67 65 |mments and sugge| 00000da0 73 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 66 75 74 75 72 |stions for futur| 00000db0 65 20 69 6d 70 72 6f 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 61 72 |e improvement ar| 00000dc0 65 20 77 65 6c 63 6f 6d 65 20 62 75 74 20 70 6c |e welcome but pl| 00000dd0 65 61 73 65 0a 6e 6f 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 |ease.note that I| 00000de0 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 72 65 70 6c 79 20 74 6f | cannot reply to| 00000df0 20 6c 65 74 74 65 72 73 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 | letters without| 00000e00 20 41 20 53 54 41 4d 50 45 44 2c 20 41 44 44 52 | A STAMPED, ADDR| 00000e10 45 53 53 45 44 20 45 4e 56 45 4c 4f 50 45 2e 0a |ESSED ENVELOPE..| 00000e20 0a 54 68 65 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 20 69 73 3a |.The address is:| 00000e30 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 4d 72 2e 20 4d 2e 20 53 6d 69 |.. 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