Features of Ami-FileSafe
   		    ------------------------


 - AFS has much faster disk access than FFS.

 - AFS will store (On average) more data than  FFS on the same disk.

 - AFS gives vastly improved directory scanning.

 - AFS is SAFE - If you crash your machine whilst writing Ami-FileSafe
           partitions will not (unlike OFS & FFS) become invalidated
           or corrupt.

                  Ami-FileSafe (AFS) Announcement
                  -------------------------------

Since the initial release of Ami-FileSafe there has been a few changes.

Ami-FileSafe Pro
----------------

Ami-FileSafe now becomes Ami-FileSafe Pro. The new version includes:-

- A MultiUser FileSystem version of AFS.

- An on the fly FFS to AFS converter.

Current users of Ami-FileSafe can update to Ami-FileSafe Pro free of charge.

The retail price of Ami-FileSafe Pro is 69.75UKP (Inc Vat).

Ami-FileSafe User
-----------------

A new version of AFS called Ami-FileSafe User is now available.

Ami-FileSafe User is a budget version of AFS and has the follow limitations:-

- It may only be used on one hard drive of upto 650MB.

- It does not include the MultiUser FileSystem version of AFS.

It does however include the FFS to AFS converter.

The retail price of Ami-FileSafe User is 29.95UKP (Inc Vat).

Upgrades from Ami-FileSafe User to Ami-FileSafe Pro are 44.80UKP (Inc Vat).


                    Restrictions and Requirements
                    -----------------------------

    The demonstration version of Ami-FileSafe will not handle partitions of
more than 10MB.  It can be installed and automouted in the RidgidBootBlock.
Standard  mountlists are also supported.  Autobooting is supported.  Memory
usage depends on the number of buffers selected.

                           Benchmarks
                           ----------

Test             FFS      AFS      Units

DirScan          409      1780     Files/Second
Create           227      1073     K/Second
Read             244      1363     K/Second

The DirScan, Create and Read tests were done with DiskSpeed V4.2

SeekTest (x100)  53.6     4.4      Seconds

SeekTest was done using a custom program (Source code available on request).
It performs the following sequence:

Seek Start of file
Write 4 Bytes
Seek to End of file
Write 4 Bytes
Repeat

                             Reviews
                             -------

A    review    of    Ami-FileSafe    is    available    from   Aminet   and
comp.sys.amiga.reviews.   If  you  would  like this review send to you then
please ask.



                             Contacts
                             --------

If  you  are  having  problems  with  Ami-FileSafe  or would like some more
information  then  please  contact  Fourth  Level  Developments  not  Amiga
Shopper.


  Tel: 0117 985 4455 (6 Lines)
  Fax: 0117 955 9157

Email: supportflevel.demon.co.uk

 Mail: Fourth Level Developments
       31, Ashley Hill
       Montpelier
       Bristol
       BS6 5JA

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[generic]                  118     153  77.1% -lh5- e8b8 Jul 14  1995 AFSDEMO/Install
[generic]                  331     679  48.7% -lh5- 21fe Jul 14  1995 AFSDEMO/Install.info
[generic]                  130     174  74.7% -lh5- 2bfc Jul 14  1995 AFSDEMO/Install020
[generic]                  331     679  48.7% -lh5- 21fe Jul 14  1995 AFSDEMO/Install020.info
[generic]                  250     628  39.8% -lh5- 7e50 May 22  1995 AFSDEMO/l.info
[generic]                26345   45804  57.5% -lh5- 4c86 Oct  8  1995 AFSDEMO/l/HardDiskAFS
[generic]                26078   45056  57.9% -lh5- cf30 Oct  8  1995 AFSDEMO/l/HardDiskAFS020
[generic]                 5229   12604  41.5% -lh5- adf8 Oct  8  1995 AFSDEMO/ReadMe
[generic]                  425     846  50.2% -lh5- 573f Oct  8  1995 AFSDEMO/ReadMe.info
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 Total         9 files   59237  106623  55.6%            Oct  9  1995