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- powerpacker.library V33.1
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- Release 1.0
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- (c) Jul 1990 Nico François
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- First of all read the DISTRIBUTION file for information on... euh well...
- distribution :-)
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- Several people suggested the development of a library to help programs
- decrunch files crunched with PowerPacker, and that is exactly what this is.
- This library tries to make it very easy to support PowerPacked files. It
- is a standard Amiga shared, runtime library and is called exactly like all
- the other Amiga libraries. Using this library it will be a lot simpler to make
- your program 'PowerPacker compatible' than with the previously distributed
- decrunch source.
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- To install powerpacker.library copy it to your LIBS: directory by hand,
- or run the installation script 'Install' (by using 'Execute' or by double-
- clicking its icon).
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- Using powerpacker.library
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- If you are a C programmer all you need to do is include the correct
- headers and open powerpacker.library. After that you can use the functions in
- the library as if they were C functions. If your program quits it must of
- course close the library again. See 'example.c' for a very simple example.
- If you are using Lattice C 5.0 and you don't want to use pragmas, or if
- you are using version 4.0 or lower, you must define NO_PRAGMAS before
- including 'proto/powerpacker.h' and link with ppSCglue.o (small code) or
- ppLCglue.o (large code).
- Programmers that use Manx C can use 'Bind' to generate the glue routines
- they need (or if they are using 5.0 they can of course use pragmas for in-line
- library calls).
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- Assembly programmers should also include the correct files and open
- powerpacker.library. To call a function they must load A6 with the library
- base, put the arguments in the appropriate registers and jump to the library
- vector offset of the function they want to call. See 'example.asm' for a very
- simple example.
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- All library functions are explained in the file 'pplib.doc'.
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- Enjoy.
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- LIBRARY HISTORY:
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- RELEASE 1.0 (Library Version 33.1)
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- First release.
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- powerpacker.library written by Nico François (Yes, Nico is my first name :-)
- thanks to Moroder Andreas for the useful suggestions.
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- (c) 1990 Nico François / PowerPeak
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- Thanks to \X/ Amiga for being the best computer ever !
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