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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.
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File contents
!Help file for ArcFS version 0.21
by M.Smith
This filing system was written as a replacement for SparkPlug which is
sometimes very difficult and inconvenient to use. I would, however like
to thank David Pilling, the author of Spark and SparkPlug for two very
useful applications without which this filing system would not be
possible.
ArcFS has filing system number 56. My thanks to Acorn for the allocation of
this filing system number.
ArcFS is a read-only filing system. Use Spark to create archives.
ArcFS allows the loading and opening of (compressed) files in archives
almost 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 course, also be used from
the command line.
You may notice a small increase in the time taken to load files
compared to loading files from ADFS and also that ArcFS takes a short
time to Open Archives when they are double clicked.
ArcFS supports the following entry points:
FSEntry_Func 0 to set current directory (*Dir)
FSEntry_Func 1 to set library directory (*Lib)
FSEntry_Func 2 to catalogue directory (*Cat)
FSEntry_Func 3 to examine directory (*EX)
FSEntry_Func 4 to catalogue library directory (*LCat)
FSEntry_Func 5 to examine library directory (*LEX)
FSEntry_Func 6 to examine objects (*Info). If used with wildcards the
current version only gives info on the first matching object.
FSEntry_Func 15 to respond to requests from the Filer for
the necessary information to display a directory window
FSEntry_File 5 to read catalogue information on a file
FSEntry_File 255 to load files
FSEntry_Open to provide facilities for opening files for
random access input. ArcFS claims memory from the R.M.A.
the size of the uncompressed file and then loads the file
into this claimed memory. For this reason it is possible to
get 'No Room in RMA errors' when opening large files.
FSEntry_GetBytes reads required bytes from memory claimed
by FSEntry_Open
FSEntry_Close releases memory claimed by FSEntry_Open
Catalogue Storage in memory
When an archive is opened the number of objects in the archive is
counted and a block of R.M.A., 32 bytes for each object is claimed and
the catalogue information is read into this block
Compression formats
This version of ArcFS supports crunched, packed and new format stored
objects but not squashed or compressed objects. Objects in a format
that ArcFS cannot handle will give 'Can't handle archive' errors when
you attempt to load them. Archives containing P.C. format objects or
old format stored objects cannot be opened. Just over 16K free memory
is required to load or open Crunched files.
Simultaneously open archives
This version of ArcFS supports only one open archive at a time. Future
versions may support many different named archives selected by the
inclusion of the name in a special field. This version supports but
ignores special fields allowing the ArcFS filer to include the leafname
of the archive as the special field so that the user can see at a
glance which archive is open.
Screen Output format
Screen Output follows that of Filecore as closely as possible. (*Ex and
*Info also give the compression format of the data)
User Root Directories (U.R.D.'s)
This is not supported at present but will probably be supported in
the near future. Attempts to use it will give 'Not found' errors
Automatic library selection
If ArcFS finds a directory starting with the letters 'Lib' in the root
directory of an archive when it is open it selects this as the library
directory, otherwise the root directory ($) is selected.
Unset Directory contexts
This is not supported. All directory contexts are set to '$' when an
archive is opened (unless an automatic library selection is made, see
above).
Random access filing
Files are decompressed and held in R.M.A. whilst they are open. You
should note that when sprite files are loaded they are opened for
random access input and therefore there needs to be enough free memory
available when the sprites are loaded. This may cause problems when
large sprite files are loaded into a 1 Mbyte machine (anyone with an
unexpanded A305 - don't bother!) but I cannot really suggest anything
short of upgrading to 2 Mbytes (other than making sure that all the
possible free memory is available to the R.M.A.). Other files such as
Exec and Obey files are also opened for random access input but these
are usually short.
Use with 65Host and 65Tube
ArcFS can easily be used with 65Host and 65Tube. 65Host users must open the
required archive before entering the emulator under which ArcFS is selected
by:
*Dir ArcFS:
DFS emulations may also be set up in archives (as on ADFS) and used
under 65Host
Directory levels
Up to 64 directory levels are supported. In the unlikely event that more
exist in an archive further subdirectories are shown as archives.
Commands provided:
*ArcFS - selects ArcFS as the current filing system
*OpenArchive <Object> - Opens an archive for file operations
*CloseArchive - Closes any open archive
All comments and suggestions for future improvement are welcome but please
note that I cannot reply to letters without return postage and an addressed
envelope.
The address is:
Mr. M. Smith
Pen-y-dre,
Riverside Ave.,
Broxbourne,
Herts.,
EN10 6RD.
I would also, of course, welcome details of any bugs discovered so that I
can correct them.
Version Improvements
v0.20 First Release version
v0.21 Max number of directory levels increased from 16 to 64, some tidying 00000000 21 48 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 41 |!Help file for A| 00000010 72 63 46 53 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 30 2e 32 |rcFS version 0.2| 00000020 31 20 0a 62 79 20 4d 2e 53 6d 69 74 68 0a 0a 54 |1 .by M.Smith..T| 00000030 68 69 73 20 66 69 6c 69 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 |his filing syste| 00000040 6d 20 77 61 73 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 61 73 |m was written as| 00000050 20 61 20 72 65 70 6c 61 63 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 66 | a replacement f| 00000060 6f 72 20 53 70 61 72 6b 50 6c 75 67 20 77 68 69 |or SparkPlug whi| 00000070 63 68 20 69 73 20 0a 73 6f 6d 65 74 69 6d 65 73 |ch is .sometimes| 00000080 20 76 65 72 79 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 20 | very difficult | 00000090 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 63 6f 6e 76 65 6e 69 65 6e 74 |and inconvenient| 000000a0 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 2e 20 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 | to use. 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Use Spark to c| 000001f0 72 65 61 74 65 20 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 73 2e 0a |reate archives..| 00000200 0a 41 72 63 46 53 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 74 68 |.ArcFS allows th| 00000210 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 70 |e loading and op| 00000220 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 20 28 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 |ening of (compre| 00000230 73 73 65 64 29 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 69 6e 20 61 |ssed) files in a| 00000240 72 63 68 69 76 65 73 20 0a 61 6c 6d 6f 73 74 20 |rchives .almost | 00000250 61 73 20 65 61 73 69 6c 79 20 61 73 20 66 69 6c |as easily as fil| 00000260 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 41 44 46 53 20 6f 72 20 52 61 |es on ADFS or Ra| 00000270 6d 46 53 2e 20 49 74 20 68 61 73 20 69 74 73 20 |mFS. It has its | 00000280 6f 77 6e 20 41 72 63 46 53 20 66 69 6c 65 72 20 |own ArcFS filer | 00000290 0a 77 68 69 63 68 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 73 20 |.which displays | 000002a0 74 68 65 20 72 6f 6f 74 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f |the root directo| 000002b0 72 79 20 69 6e 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 72 20 77 69 |ry in a filer wi| 000002c0 6e 64 6f 77 20 6f 66 20 61 6e 79 20 61 72 63 68 |ndow of any arch| 000002d0 69 76 65 20 0a 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 64 6f |ive .which is do| 000002e0 75 62 6c 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 65 64 2e 20 46 72 |uble clicked. Fr| 000002f0 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 73 |om then on files| 00000300 20 61 6e 64 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e | and application| 00000310 73 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 0a 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 |s may be .loaded| 00000320 20 61 73 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 20 62 79 20 64 6f | as normal by do| 00000330 75 62 6c 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |uble clicking th| 00000340 65 6d 2e 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 69 65 73 20 |em. 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FSEnt| 000004b0 72 79 5f 46 75 6e 63 20 30 20 74 6f 20 73 65 74 |ry_Func 0 to set| 000004c0 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f | current directo| 000004d0 72 79 20 28 2a 44 69 72 29 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 46 |ry (*Dir).. F| 000004e0 53 45 6e 74 72 79 5f 46 75 6e 63 20 31 20 74 6f |SEntry_Func 1 to| 000004f0 20 73 65 74 20 6c 69 62 72 61 72 79 20 64 69 72 | set library dir| 00000500 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 28 2a 4c 69 62 29 0a 0a 20 |ectory (*Lib).. | 00000510 20 20 20 46 53 45 6e 74 72 79 5f 46 75 6e 63 20 | FSEntry_Func | 00000520 32 20 74 6f 20 63 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 64 |2 to catalogue d| 00000530 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 28 2a 43 61 74 29 0a |irectory (*Cat).| 00000540 0a 20 20 20 20 46 53 45 6e 74 72 79 5f 46 75 6e |. 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FSEn| 00000730 74 72 79 5f 46 69 6c 65 20 32 35 35 20 74 6f 20 |try_File 255 to | 00000740 6c 6f 61 64 20 66 69 6c 65 73 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 |load files.. | 00000750 46 53 45 6e 74 72 79 5f 4f 70 65 6e 20 74 6f 20 |FSEntry_Open to | 00000760 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 69 |provide faciliti| 00000770 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 6f 70 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 66 |es for opening f| 00000780 69 6c 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 0a 20 20 20 20 72 61 |iles for . ra| 00000790 6e 64 6f 6d 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 69 6e 70 75 |ndom access inpu| 000007a0 74 2e 20 41 72 63 46 53 20 63 6c 61 69 6d 73 20 |t. ArcFS claims | 000007b0 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 |memory from the | 000007c0 52 2e 4d 2e 41 2e 20 0a 20 20 20 20 74 68 65 20 |R.M.A. . the | 000007d0 73 69 7a 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 75 6e 63 6f |size of the unco| 000007e0 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 66 69 6c 65 20 61 6e |mpressed file an| 000007f0 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6c 6f 61 64 73 20 74 68 65 |d then loads the| 00000800 20 66 69 6c 65 20 0a 20 20 20 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 | file . into | 00000810 74 68 69 73 20 63 6c 61 69 6d 65 64 20 6d 65 6d |this claimed mem| 00000820 6f 72 79 2e 20 46 6f 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 72 65 |ory. 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FSEnt| 000008e0 72 79 5f 43 6c 6f 73 65 20 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 |ry_Close release| 000008f0 73 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 63 6c 61 69 6d 65 64 |s memory claimed| 00000900 20 62 79 20 46 53 45 6e 74 72 79 5f 4f 70 65 6e | by FSEntry_Open| 00000910 0a 0a 0a 43 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 53 74 6f |...Catalogue Sto| 00000920 72 61 67 65 20 69 6e 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 0a 0a |rage in memory..| 00000930 57 68 65 6e 20 61 6e 20 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 20 |When an archive | 00000940 69 73 20 6f 70 65 6e 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 |is opened the nu| 00000950 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 73 20 |mber of objects | 00000960 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 20 69 |in the archive i| 00000970 73 20 0a 63 6f 75 6e 74 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 61 |s .counted and a| 00000980 20 62 6c 6f 63 6b 20 6f 66 20 52 2e 4d 2e 41 2e | block of R.M.A.| 00000990 2c 20 33 32 20 62 79 74 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 65 |, 32 bytes for e| 000009a0 61 63 68 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 20 69 73 20 63 6c |ach object is cl| 000009b0 61 69 6d 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 0a 74 68 65 20 63 |aimed and .the c| 000009c0 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 |atalogue informa| 000009d0 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 72 65 61 64 20 69 6e 74 |tion is read int| 000009e0 6f 20 74 68 69 73 20 62 6c 6f 63 6b 0a 0a 43 6f |o this block..Co| 000009f0 6d 70 72 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 |mpression format| 00000a00 73 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 |s..This version | 00000a10 6f 66 20 41 72 63 46 53 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 |of ArcFS support| 00000a20 73 20 63 72 75 6e 63 68 65 64 2c 20 70 61 63 6b |s crunched, pack| 00000a30 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 65 77 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 |ed and new forma| 00000a40 74 20 73 74 6f 72 65 64 20 0a 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 |t stored .object| 00000a50 73 20 62 75 74 20 6e 6f 74 20 73 71 75 61 73 68 |s but not squash| 00000a60 65 64 20 6f 72 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 |ed or compressed| 00000a70 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 73 2e 20 4f 62 6a 65 63 74 | objects. Object| 00000a80 73 20 69 6e 20 61 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 0a 74 |s in a format .t| 00000a90 68 61 74 20 41 72 63 46 53 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 |hat ArcFS cannot| 00000aa0 20 68 61 6e 64 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 67 69 76 | handle will giv| 00000ab0 65 20 27 43 61 6e 27 74 20 68 61 6e 64 6c 65 20 |e 'Can't handle | 00000ac0 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 27 20 65 72 72 6f 72 73 20 |archive' errors | 00000ad0 77 68 65 6e 20 0a 79 6f 75 20 61 74 74 65 6d 70 |when .you attemp| 00000ae0 74 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 65 6d 2e 20 |t to load them. | 00000af0 41 72 63 68 69 76 65 73 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e |Archives contain| 00000b00 69 6e 67 20 50 2e 43 2e 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 |ing P.C. format | 00000b10 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 73 20 6f 72 20 0a 6f 6c 64 20 |objects or .old | 00000b20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 73 74 6f 72 65 64 20 6f 62 |format stored ob| 00000b30 6a 65 63 74 73 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 |jects cannot be | 00000b40 6f 70 65 6e 65 64 2e 20 4a 75 73 74 20 6f 76 65 |opened. Just ove| 00000b50 72 20 31 36 4b 20 66 72 65 65 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 |r 16K free memor| 00000b60 79 20 0a 69 73 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 64 20 74 |y .is required t| 00000b70 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 6f 72 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 43 |o load or open C| 00000b80 72 75 6e 63 68 65 64 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 0a 0a |runched files...| 00000b90 53 69 6d 75 6c 74 61 6e 65 6f 75 73 6c 79 20 6f |Simultaneously o| 00000ba0 70 65 6e 20 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 73 0a 0a 54 68 |pen archives..Th| 00000bb0 69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 41 72 |is version of Ar| 00000bc0 63 46 53 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 73 20 6f 6e 6c |cFS supports onl| 00000bd0 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 61 72 63 68 69 |y one open archi| 00000be0 76 65 20 61 74 20 61 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 20 46 75 |ve at a time. 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