ATR.wcx plugin for Total Commander v.6.0 and above.

Version:    Beta 0.5     (10.10.2002)
Author: PAJERO / MadTeam


About:
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It allows to view, extract, modify and create contents of ATARI 8-BIT disk images (.ATR).
Note: there are supported all standards modes of those images: 90kb, 130 and 180 kb.

Feratures:
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- the plugin uses the most common disk format on Atari 8-bit computer: DOS II
- showing subdirectories (subdirs) - up to 1024 subdirs (it can also show remarks in subdirs)
- plugin handles ATR image that have up 4096 files at once 
- it informs whether it is boot disk or not
- extracting (Alt+F9): from ATR image(s) to pc directory ; extracting subdirectiories (without contents)
- viewing (F3 key) and edit images ( F4 key - you should change editor to Hex-edit)
- finding file inside ATR (Alt+F7 then select "Search archives")
- creating new ATR image from selected files (Alt+F5) but without subdirs (for now),
note that this ATR will always be in a 180 kb format (=Atari's double density format)
- adding file(s) to open ATR image by copying them (F5 key), but remember to open ATR in second
window as well ; only 180 kb format is supported in this operation


Limitations:
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- it can't check out if the file exists in used ATR, so no warning yet
- you can't delete files inside ATR
- you can't copy "DOS.SYS" file - image won't be initialised


Installation:
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1. Unzip the contents of this archive to the totalcmd plugins directory (usually c:\totalcmd\plugins)
2. In Total Commander 6.0 (or newer), choose Configuration - Options
3. Open the "Packer" page
4. Click "Configure packer extension DLLs"
5. type the "atr" extension
6. Click "new type", and select the ATR.wcx
7. Click OK

Note: to load any ATR image into an emulator (Atari 800Win or so),
you should press Shift+Enter. Otherwise you just open it in Total Commander. :)


Future plans:
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- deleting files
- creating new ATR images in 90 kb and 130 kb format
- handling SPARTA DOS disks
- handling some rare formats of ATR images (incl. TOMS 720, etc.)


Feedback:
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Please send me ATR images that you can't use with this plugin - it will
make my job much easier !!!
I also need some good description for SPART DOS format (its disk header, etc.).
I don't know how to recognize SPART DOS disks.

Send your notes/ATRs to:
te_be_@poczta.onet.pl


eof.

