And now a table with information about the current clients:
| Name | Description | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ace | Archiver made by Marcel Lemke. Encrypted files are not supported, because of missing decryption code. | SDI | file |
| Ace MS-EXE | The self executable Ace file format for MS based PC's. | SDI | file |
| Amiga Plus Unpack | Unpack file archiver used for older German "Amiga Plus" coverdisks. | SDI | file |
| Amiga Standard FS | The standard filesystem of Amiga computers in all its 6 forms (OFS and FFS in Normal, International or Dircache mode). | SDI | filesystem |
| AmiPack | AMI-Pack file archiver used on German "Amiga Magazin" coverdisks. This client is lots faster than original tool. | SDI | file |
| AMOS Banks | General AMOS banks. | Stuart Caie | file |
| AMOS Icons Bank | An client to extract icons from AMOS files. | Stuart Caie | file |
| AMOS Pac.Pic Bank | An client to extract IFF pictures from AMOS files. | Stuart Caie | file |
| AMOS Sample Bank | An client to extract IFF samples from AMOS sample files. | Stuart Caie | file |
| AMOS Sourcecode | An client to extract sources from AMOS files. | Stuart Caie | file |
| AMOS Sprites Bank | An client to extract sprites from AMOS files. | Stuart Caie | file |
| Ar | Unix object file archive library. | Stuart Caie | file |
| Arc | Very old archiver. Encrypted archives cannot be detected, but password is supported! Arc normally uses upper case passwords! | SDI | file |
| Arc CBM | Old CBM (e.g. C64) Archiver. | SDI | file |
| Arc CBM SFX | Self executable format of CBM Arc. | SDI | file |
| Arj | Often used archiver on MS-DOS/Windows machines. | SDI | file |
| Arj MS-EXE | The self executable Arj file format for MS based PC's. | SDI | file |
| ASCII encoding | One client for lots of these ASCII mail transfer formats like uuencode, base64, abe and others. | Stuart Caie | file |
| BZip | File archiver which came before bzip2. | Stuart Caie | file |
| BZip2 | Often used tar-compressor. The format does not store decompressed size, so certain limitations exist on extracting (e.g. no size displayed and extracting to memory may fail). | Stuart Caie | file |
| BZip2 SFX | Shell-script based self executable forms of BZip2 archives for Unix. Serveral different formats are supported. | Stuart Caie | file |
| C64s TapeImage | Image of C64 tape. | Ronald van Dijk | file |
| CAB | The popular MS-Windows installation file archive format. | Stuart Caie | file |
| CAB MS-EXE | The self-extracting form of CAB. | Stuart Caie | file |
| CBM-DOS 1541/1571 FS | Filesystem of 1541 floppy for C64/C128. | Ronald van Dijk | filesystem |
| CBM-DOS 1581 FS | Filesystem of 1581 floppy for C64/C128. | Ronald van Dijk | filesystem |
| CBM-DOS 2040/3040 FS | CBM-Filesystem. | Ronald van Dijk | filesystem |
| CD Image | Raw dump of a CD-ROM. | Ronald van Dijk | disk |
| CD-i FS | CD-i CD filesystem. | Ronald van Dijk | filesystem |
| CompDisk | Older disk archiver by Olaf Barthel. | SDI | disk |
| Compress | Sometimes used tar-compressor. The format does not store decompressed size, so certain limitations exist on extracting (e.g. no size displayed and extracting to memory may fail). | SDI | file |
| COP! | Buffer files of COP disk backup and copy tool by Armin Sander. | Stuart Caie | disk |
| Cpio | A tar like uncompressed archive format used for example in RPM files. | SDI | file |
| Crunch | Old CP/M cruncher using LZW compression. | SDI | file |
| CrunchDisk | XPK and PP based archiver by Klaus Deppisch. | SDI | disk |
| DCS | XPK based "Device Compression System" by Nicholas Clarke. | SDI | disk |
| DImp | Disk-Imploder by Albert-Jan Brouwer. | Stuart Caie | disk |
| DImp SFX | Self extractable form of Disk-Imploder. | Stuart Caie | disk |
| DiskPacked ZipCode | C64 data storage format. | Ronald van Dijk | disk |
| DMS | This archiver supports the complete range of files, which can be produced using DMS. This includes disk images and file archives. Some of these files are corrupt and DMS itself cannot handle them (but this client). | SDI | file + disk |
| DMS SFX | Self extracting DMS/FMS archives of DMS 2.x including corrupt format of DMS 2.04. | SDI | file + disk |
| El Torito bootable CD | Image of bootable MS-DOS CD's. | Ronald van Dijk | disk |
| EPF | Archive files of game Darkmere. | Ronald van Dijk | file |
| Game/Demo FS | Filesystems of game and demo disks. | Ronald van Dijk | filesystem |
| GDC | Old XPK based disk archiver by Marcel van Lohuizen. | SDI | disk |
| GZip | This client only supports one-file GZip archives. If no filename is stored in the archive, a default is used. | SDI | file |
| GZip SFX | Shell-script based self executable forms of Gzip archives for Unix. Serveral different formats are supported. | SDI | file |
| HA | Archiver by Harri Hirvola. Often used for text compression. | SDI | file |
| id PAK | File format used by id in their games (DOOM, DOOM II, Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena, ...). | Stuart Caie | file |
| id WAD | File format used by id in their games (DOOM, DOOM II, Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena, ...). | Stuart Caie | file |
| id WAD2 | File format used by id in their games (DOOM, DOOM II, Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena, ...). | Stuart Caie | file |
| ISO 9660 CDFS | Filesystem of ISO9660 CD's. | Ronald van Dijk | filesystem |
| LBR C64 | C64 data storage format. | Ronald van Dijk | file |
| LhA | The wellknown standard Amiga archiver. This archiver client has been tested with lots of different files and also handles defective archives in a very good way. It handles all archives correctly which crash Stefan Boberg's LhA and later releases, but Stefan's LhA is still faster than this. This client also handles compression methods unknown to Stefan's LhA. | SDI | file |
| LhA C64 SFX | The self executable LhA file format of C64/C128 computers. | SDI | file |
| LhA MS-EXE | The self executable LhA file format for MS based PC's. | SDI | file |
| LhA SFX | The self executable LhA file format from Stefan Boberg. | SDI | file |
| LhF | Older Amiga archiver by Stefan Pampin. | SDI | file |
| LhPak SFX | Self extracting archiver used for Zoom 5.x releases. | SDI | file |
| LhSFX | Seldom used self extracting archiver. | SDI | file |
| LhWarp | Older disk archiver by Jonathan Forbes. | SDI | disk |
| LightFileSystem FS | Games and demo filesystem by Lighting Inc. | Ronald van Dijk | filesystem |
| LU | An uncompressed "BASIC Library Manager" archive format. | Ronald van Dijk | file |
| LyNX | C64 data storage format. | Ronald van Dijk | file |
| LZX | LZX archiver made by Jonathan Forbes. | SDI | file |
| MacBinary | Uncrunched transport format for Macintosh files. | SDI | file |
| MakeSFX 1.0 | MakeSFX is an AmigaDOS script by Stuart Caie generating self-extracting Amiga archives. | Stuart Caie | file |
| MakeSFX 1.2 | MakeSFX is an AmigaDOS script by Stuart Caie generating self-extracting Amiga archives. | Stuart Caie | file |
| Marc's DiskCruncher | XPK based archiver by Marko Pozarnik. | SDI | disk |
| Master Boot Record | Boot-Sector (MBR) of PC-style hard-disks. | Ronald van Dijk | disk |
| Microsoft FAT FS | The filesystem used on all the MS compatible machines. Supports FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32. | SDI | filesystem |
| MS-TNEF | Microsoft TNEF mail attachment format. | Stuart Caie | file |
| MSA | Magic Shadow Archiver. | Stuart Caie | disk |
| MXM-Simple Archive SFX | Simple self extracting archiver found in Zoom 4.1 archive. | SDI | file |
| NiteTimeGamesDos FS | This filesystem is used in the game Mean Arenas and the demo for the game PremierManager3. | Ronald van Dijk | filesystem |
| OutlookExpress4 Mailbox | Mailbox files of Outlook Express 4. | Michal Jarzynski | file |
| PackDev | XPK based archiver. | SDI | disk |
| PackDir | A RISC OS archiving application that uses LZW compression. | Stuart Caie | file |
| PackDisk | XPK based archiver by Edgar M. Vigdal. | SDI | disk |
| PackIt | Older Macintosh archiver. | SDI | file |
| PAK SFX | Self extracting archiver by Mark Riley. | Ronald van Dijk | file |
| PC64 File | C64 image file. | Ronald van Dijk | file |
| PCompress PACK | Archive format of PCompress. | SDI | file |
| R.A.W. data | R.A.W. diskmagazine datafile. | Ronald van Dijk | file |
| RAR | This archiver is often used on MS-DOS/Windows computers. | Mikolaj Calusinksi | file |
| RAR MS-EXE | The Self executable RAR files for MS based PC's. | Mikolaj Calusinksi | file |
| RigidDiskBlock | Boot-Sector (RDSK) of Amiga-style hard-disks. | Ronald van Dijk | disk |
| RPM | Archive format of "RedHat Package Manager" for Unix distributions. | Stuart Caie | file |
| S-Omni | Old, seldom used selfextracting format. | SDI | file |
| S-Pack | Old, seldom used archiver format. | SDI | file |
| S-Pack SFX | Self extraction version of S-Pack. | SDI | file |
| Sanity OS FS | SanityOS filesystem format is used on Sanity demo disks. | Stuart Caie | filesystem |
| Savage Compressor | Disk archiver mady by Markus Zeller based on a cracked version of LhA by Stefan Boberg. | SDI | disk |
| SDS Software SFX | SDS Software Self Extracting archives (used to distribute DMS utility (1.01 to 1.11). | SDI | file |
| Sensi disk FS | Filesystem used on some games made by Sensible Software (e.g. Cannon Fodder 1 and Sensible Soccer 1.1) | Ronald van Dijk | filesystem |
| SFS3 FS | SmartFilesystem version 3. | Andrew Bell | filesystem |
| Shrink | Older Archiver by Matthias Meixner. | SDI | file |
| Sout Data | Data files used in the games Crystal Dragon and Kid Chaos. | Ronald van Dijk | file |
| SQ | File squeezer by R. Greenlaw. | SDI | file |
| StuffIt | Popular Macintosh archiver by Aladdin, older version. | SDI | file |
| StuffIt 5 | Popular Macintosh archiver by Aladdin, newer version. | SDI | file |
| StuffIt 5 MS-EXE | Self extractable version of StuffIt 5 for MS based PC's. | SDI | file |
| SuperDuper3 | Buffer file of SuperDuper3. | SDI | disk |
| Tar | UNIX tar program. For gzipped tar archives, you can first use the GZip client to extract tar file and afterwards Tar client to extract final files. Sorry, but one-pass TarGZ is impossible. | SDI | file |
| TR-DOS FS | Filesystem for ZX Spectrum computers disk images. | AmiS | filesystem |
| Trackmo-DOS FS | Filesystem used on some demo disks. | Ronald van Dijk | filesystem |
| Unreal package | Container format for Unreal game. | Stuart Caie | file |
| Warp | Very old disk archiver system by SDS software. | SDI | disk |
| WinZip MS-EXE | Often used self extracting Zip format on MS-Windows based machines. | SDI | file |
| Wrapster | Wrapster is a way of using the Napster MP3 sharing system to share all types of files. | Stuart Caie | file |
| Wrapster 3 | Wrapster is a way of using the Napster MP3 sharing system to share all types of files. | Stuart Caie | file |
| X64 DiskImage | Disk Image of C64 floppy. | Ronald van Dijk | disk |
| xDisk | XPK based archiver from Oliver Wagner released with German Amiga Plus magazine. | SDI | disk |
| xMash | XPK based archiver. | SDI | disk |
| XPK Archive | File archive created with XArcTool and xpkarchive.library. This should be the top level of XPK, but never got widely accepted. | SDI | file |
| ZAP | Older disk archiver by "GREMLIN of MAYHEM". | Stuart Caie | disk |
| Zip | The most often used archiving system. | SDI | file |
| Zip MS-EXE | Self extracting Zip executables for MS-based machines. | SDI | file |
| Zoo | Very old archiver. | SDI | file |
| Zoom | Older Zoom disk archiver made by Olaf Barthel | SDI | disk |
| Zoom 5 | Newer Zoom disk archiver made by Olaf Barthel. | SDI | disk |
You see, the XAD system supports really a lot of formats. And all without any of the original creator or extractor programs. It also allows to extract data from all these formats unlike many of these archive type detectors. And every new release contains many new formats.
And now a table with information about the current clients in progress:
| Name | Description | Author | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7zip | All known algorithm using archiver | Ronald van Dijk | partial |
| ABackUp | ABackUp image files and disk images | none | |
| Ace 2 | newer Ace formats (will be included in Ace) | SDI | planned |
| ADFS / DFS filesystems | Stuart Caie | planned | |
| Ape | MS-DOS archiver | none | |
| AppleDouble | older Mac archiver | none | |
| AppleLink Package | older Mac archiver | none | |
| AppleSingle | older Mac archiver | none | |
| CHM/HTMLHelp | Windows HELP format | Stuart Caie | 99% done |
| Compactor | older Mac archiver | SDI | partial |
| Crush! v1.8 | Stuart Caie | planned | |
| DiskCopy | older Mac archiver | none | |
| DiskCruncher | older Amiga disk cruncher | none | |
| DiskDoubler 1 | older Mac archiver | SDI | partial |
| DiskDoubler 2 | older Mac archiver | SDI | partial |
| DiskPacker | older Amiga disk cruncher | none | |
| DiskRipper | older Amiga disk cruncher | none | |
| DiskSalv | DiskSalv backup format | Stuart Caie | planned |
| HDBackUp | ABackUp image files and disk images | none | |
| IMP / WinImp | Stuart Caie | planned | |
| Macintosh HFS FS | Macintosh filesystem | none | |
| Minix FS | filesystem of MINIX | Ronald van Dijk | planned |
| Microsoft Tape Format | Stuart Caie | planned | |
| MS OLE | Stuart Caie | planned | |
| Jar | MS-DOS archiver | none | |
| OWS | older Amiga disk cruncher | none | |
| Partition | MBR of PC harddisks | Ronald van Dijk | nearly finished |
| Phoenix-DiskCruncher | older Amiga disk cruncher | none | |
| Private File | older Mac archiver | none | |
| Rar | rewrite of Rar client to support missing formats and fix lots of bugs | SDI | planned |
| Shar | unix shell archives | Stuart Caie | planned |
| Squash | MS-DOS archiver | none |
And some formats, which need to be expanded.
| Name | Description | Author |
|---|---|---|
| AMOS | add missing stuff | Stuart Caie |
| ASCII encoding | add all the missing ASCII encoding formats | Stuart Caie |
| COP! | addition of missing algorithms | Stuart Caie |
If you have any comment, problems, suggestions or WWW addresses concerning XAD, mail me at webmaster@dstoecker.de or use the mailing list.