how Russians squeezed 4 exhausting drives into one VHS tape within the 90s – Jacob Filipp
Storing large information, as low-cost as attainable
The 12 months is 1995 and you reside in post-Soviet Russia.
It’s a hellish time: costs for primary shopper items are triple what they have been final 12 months. Your employer simply paid your wage in eggs as an alternative of cash. There are day by day shootouts between rival gangs. 🎵Your love life’s DOA…🎵
It’s a beautiful time: Russia is awash in Western computer systems, TVs, VCRs, cassette gamers and dialup modems. Know-how that was strictly off-limits in 1989 is immediately inside attain.
As one of many fortunate Russians to have a pc at house, you might be going through a problem: your 500MB exhausting drive is overflowing with software program, video games, and paperwork. You should discover an reasonably priced approach to get extra digital storage.
You might retailer information on low-cost and plentiful floppy disks. However every floppy solely shops 1.44MB and is understood to randomly lose information. Your second possibility is to purchase one other exhausting drive. However that prices about $200 USD – as a lot as a Russian’s total month-to-month wage…
You head over to the native pc retailer in a grey temper. The shop is cramped with bootlegged pc video games, peripherals and {hardware}. Inside, you ask Yevgeni the proprietor whether or not there is likely to be an affordable resolution to your storage downside.
That is Yevgeni:
Happily, Yevgeni does have a 3rd possibility for you! It’s a very progressive Russian-made product known as the “ArVid” card. It is available in a package deal like this:
It’s an ISA growth card in your pc and can permit you to use your home-VCR to retailer 4 hard-drives’ value of information on a single VHS tape. The identical tape you employ to look at motion pictures at house.
You hand over 80 American {Dollars}. Yevgeni slides out slightly guarantee card from contained in the ArVid package deal, writes within the date of buy and indicators it. You step out of that retailer into the crisp air of a 1995 Moscow day. A proud proprietor of an ArVid 1030.
Getting began with this machine
You’re taking the package deal house and take a better have a look at what’s inside:
There’s the ArVid ISA Card itself. This card slots into your “386” PC motherboard. The plate sits flush with the again of your pc. It has a port for a cable and a shiny diode for receiving an infrared sign.
The package deal contains a number of 3½” floppy disks . Every one is loaded with 1.44MB of software program, drivers and documentation. A printed documentation pamphlet with “АPВИД” on the entrance can also be included.
Lastly, there’s a customized cable that linked your pc to your VCR. Other than the usual “video in” and “video out” connectors, this cable has an additional wire with an Infrared emitting LED on the tip (circled in crimson).
Right here is how the cardboard, VCR and residential pc labored collectively:
- Your CRT display screen confirmed this system’s interface.
- Throughout setup, you’d use the VCR’s distant to ship instructions like “play” to the ArVid card.
- The ArVid card is inserted into the pc. It has an infrared diode to document these alerts in your distant. It additionally has a connector for a particular cable that carried Video IN, Video OUT and Infrared Out alerts.
- The Video IN and Video OUT RCA jacks went into designated jacks on the VCR machine.
- The cable has a skinny wire with an infrared transmitter diode. You’d normally place it near the entrance of the VCR (or tape it to the entrance, as proven). This diode beams out the pre-recorded alerts that impersonate the distant management.
- A home VHS tape would retailer your information. A 3-hour tape might retailer 2GB.
Impersonating your VCR distant
After putting in the ArVid card into your 386 PC and connecting all of the video wires, the following problem was getting the cardboard to manage your home VCR.
The ArVid had a neat means of controlling VCRs: it did so by pretending to be the VCR’s personal remote-control. To perform this trick, customers wanted to “educate” the cardboard which particular infrared remote-control alerts corresponded to instructions equivalent to “play”, “cease” and “rewind”.
To “educate” the cardboard, you wanted to show the again of your pc to face you. In the back of the cardboard there was a shiny receiver diode. You’d level the VCR distant at it and the ArVid’s software program would inform you which button to press whereas it recorded the alerts. It might use modulated and unmodulated alerts to disguise itself as your distant.
Instructing ArVid all your VCR distant’s instructions took 3 hours (… or 7 minutes, depending on who you believe 🇷🇺).
Writing information to tape
To arrange the tape for writing, ArVid tried to determine one of the best “tracking alignment” in your VCR. It did so by writing a 2.5-minute information phase to tape, then studying it again whereas adjusting the VCR’s “learn head” place to one among 6 completely different settings. ArVid calculated the studying “error price” at every one of many 6 monitor positions. Lastly, the software program really helpful the monitor alignment with the least variety of errors in your VCR’s magnetic read-head.
Under: ArVid has examined 5 track-alignment choices. It recommends possibility 3 – though it had extra “double” errors than possibility 2 (164 of them) it had the fewest complete errors at 7,887.
To write down digital information out of your pc to tape, you choose the information utilizing a customized file navigation program that resembled the favored “Norton Commander” software. Then pop one among these unhealthy boys into your VCR:
When you give the command to “write”, the ArVid card converts your file’s information right into a video sign. On the identical time, ArVid flashes the infrared emitter to ship a “begin recording” command to the VCR – and your information begins being laid down on the VHS magnetic tape.
When the pc is completed recording the information to tape, there’s a “verification” step. ArVid rewinds the tape and reads again all the info it wrote to ensure there have been no vital information losses.
Studying information from tape
To get your information of the VHS tape and into your pc, you wanted 2 issues: the tape and a particular “desk of contents” file. That file made it so that you didn’t have to view the entire tape simply to get a single file. ArVid left time markers on the tape that you can use to fast-forward to a particular file.
You’d insert the VHS tape into your VCR and convey up the ArVid software program in studying mode. Choose the information you need to obtain from the tape and go! The machine would ship “quick ahead”, “rewind” and “play” instructions to your VCR and the video sign from the tape would exit of the VCR and into the pc. The pc converts the visible sign again into digital information.
Boosting the standard of your backups
The ArVid machine and its software program have been remarkably dependable. However there have been nonetheless issues you can do if you happen to wished your information to remain safely saved on VHS tapes for a loooong time. The principle components inside your management have been the form of VCR System you owned and the standard of the VHS tapes to procure.
For the VCR, ArVid’s producer really helpful the expensive Sony 130XR and the cheaper Akai-120EDG. It seems that one of the best VCRs are heavy ones with a metallic envelope. That’s as a result of they don’t shake round as a lot when the tape is forwarded, rewound and stopped. You wouldn’t need a superfast-rewinding VCR both: the sluggish ArVid {hardware} would have bother maintaining with it… (see these comments on Russian Wikipedia🇷🇺). ArVid wouldn’t work with 60Hz NTSC VCRs.
For the VHS tapes, one of the best ones have been tapes with a 180-minute capability. These tapes have the thickest magnetic ribbon inside. Longer-playing tapes had thinner tape, which have been mechanically weaker and would put on down from use. This “tape thickness” logic is smart when you consider the truth that longer tapes must be thinner to slot in a typical VHS case.
Here’s a video of ArVid’s arrange, writing and studying (in Russian):
The technical particulars
To retailer sign on tape reliably, the machine used solely the luminance portion of the video sign. And solely black and white – no grays. That signifies that variations in color and sound have been not used when recording information.
As finest as I might work out, information was saved to tape utilizing Non-Return-to-Zero encoding (according to some Fido7 comments🇷🇺). On the tape itself, information have been recorded in sections separated by 5-second clean intervals.
House-use VHS tapes had worse high quality than commercial-grade magnetic tape, so the makers took additional measures to detect and repair errors on tape. ArVid learn and wrote information utilizing an error correction algorithm known as “Reed-Solomon with Interleaving” (I additionally got here throughout mentions of a Galois algorithm). They claimed that this let the ArVid software program right as much as 3 faulty bytes in a code group, and a lack of as much as 450 consecutive bytes could possibly be corrected. After studying information from tape, the software program carried out a CRC32 check for errors, working on each 512-byte block.
The ArVid software program gave customers numerous details about the variety of errors on tape. This was distinctive at a time when backup distributors most popular to fake that errors didn’t exist. And it was a supply of satisfaction for the creators. This choice gave customers the suggestions they wanted to enhance their use of the system: you can see the affect of adjusting VCR monitoring, buying higher VHS tapes, switching out your VCR for one more… even inserting your VCR on a sturdier floor to scale back shaking and errors.
Errors is also attributable to VHS gamers taking a very long time to “rev as much as full velocity” as soon as playback began, so the ArVid software program could possibly be set to jot down extra “preliminary empty frames” to make up for it.
Lastly, the software program saves a manifest of the information in your tape regionally in “.TDR” format. This native table-of-contents gave the machine a quick means of seeing and accessing the appropriate file areas with out enjoying by means of the entire tape. If the .TDR file was misplaced, there was additionally a program to recreated it by studying by means of a whole tape (a sluggish affair).
That is what the ArVid information on VHS tapes seemed like if you happen to performed it by means of a traditional TV:
ArVid in motion
Capability and price – how did it evaluate to different choices?
You may document an completely whopping quantity of information onto a single VHS tape. All fashions of ArVid might document 1.08 Gigabytes onto a 180-minute tape, at a 100 kilobytes/sec velocity. From mannequin 1020 and onward, they might document 2.16 Gigabytes on that very same tape (at 200 kilobytes/sec).
The ArVid system price about $80 USD, with VHS tapes costing $4 USD, and a VCR that price on common $160 (which many individuals already had at house). That was an outstanding worth for storage!
To point out you simply how good this was for the time, listed below are typical storage costs in 1997:
(Costs are from DOS Days and reflect a UK-centric price point)
How lengthy would information final on tape?
The Canadian Conservation Institute says that VHS tapes have a 10-30 year lifespan, on average.
In 2011, user Ctrl on the Sannata forum🇷🇺 used an ArVid system to successfully recover all of the information they saved onto a VHS tape in 1994/1995 with none errors. That’s 16 years of dependable information storage. Ctrl used the last-generation 1052 card for each writing and restoration. One other tape from 98 (on a semi-professional BASF tape) had solely minor errors that didn’t have an effect on information restoration.
On the identical thread, person Teodor claimed that they had no issues studying tapes from the late 90s in 2011. This particular person efficiently used Hitachi VHS tapes. That they had errors studying information at first, with a Panasonic NV-SD450 VCR, however noticed a giant enchancment once they switched to the JVC HR-DD868 VCR.
On the Rutracker torrent web site, user korvegeta successfully read from tapes in 2011🇷🇺. Though it isn’t recognized precisely once they have been recorded. I’d guess 1998.
Actual-world use instances
The ArVid units have been offered as information backup options. “PO KSI”, the producers, straight positioned them as rivals for backup suppliers like Colorado Memory Systems, QIC systems and Tandberg Data .
The character of the medium – VHS tape – signifies that they’ll’t be learn and rewritten time and again. That’s as a result of heavy use causes mechanical put on on the magnetic VHS tape. “Write as soon as – learn sometimes” is the best use case.
All through my ArVid analysis, I noticed that folks certainly used this machine for information backup. Amongst them have been individuals who used these disks on the workplace. This is smart as a result of the typical house person had a tough drive that was 500mb-1.2GB in measurement and there merely wasn’t sufficient “stuff” round to replenish a number of 2GB Tapes’ value of information. Bear in mind: this was within the infancy of the World Vast Internet. No MP3s. No digital video. No software program web sites. Buying ArVid as a backup resolution made extra sense for a small enterprise than for a house person.
Others talked about storing Log Information on these tapes. There wasn’t a lot element past that, aside from an writer that mentioned he personally noticed academic experiment data being stored to tape using ArVid🇷🇺.
On each Russian and English boards, I discovered references to VHS tapes getting used to shuttle Astronomical remark information between establishments. Presumably due to a budget dollars-per-gigabyte for this medium.
Folks didn’t usually use these VHS tapes to change or promote information, like they did with floppy disks. There have been a number of components that made it difficult for one particular person to learn information from a tape written by one other particular person. These included variations within the ArVid {hardware} model, writing density, the standard of the VCR – even variations within the processing energy between the 2 computer systems – all of them might create issues in studying a tape. This was regardless of the PO KSI workforce’s efforts to have backwards compatibility between ArVid variations. One more reason why tapes didn’t take off as a approach to commerce software program: their capability was overkill when most software program on the time might match on a number of floppies. I imply… as late as 1997 Microsoft Office was available on floppy disks. Although 46 of them…
There have been a number of fascinating “off-label” makes use of for Arvid:
Person Шеридан (“Sheridan”) on the Yaplakal forums🇷🇺, recalled travelling to Moscow to buy ArVid-made VHS tapes with many pc video games packed on them. Sheridan then travelled again house, copied the person video games off the tape onto floppy disks and resold them to keen locals.
Within the 12 months 2000, vagrants stored stealing the lightbulb within the foyer of 1 enterprising ArVid use. He placed on his vigilante cape and arrange a safety digital camera, an ArVid 1052 and a VCR as a form of jerry-rigged motion-triggered digital camera. The system stayed on all day and video recording would solely begin as soon as ArVid detected main visible adjustments utilizing the Arvid Management software program package deal (“Using ArVid as a surveillance system🇷🇺”). The culprits have been caught on tape!
On Fidonet (a BBS community that additionally carried Usenet posts), ArVid sparked the imaginations of Russia’s IT lovers. One formidable thought was to broadcast a video sign carrying information over a daily TV channel, with the intention to mass-share software program to the properties of people that would tune in with their ArVid.
Product enhancements over time
Manufacturing of ArVid playing cards went on from 1993 to the summer time of 1998. In these 5 brief years the product had a outstanding variety of enhancements.
The corporate that made them had the acronym “PO KSI” (brief for “Skilled Affiliation of Designers of Information Processing Programs” in Russian). They have been based mostly in Zelenograd, a “one business city” outdoors Moscow that was a hub for microelectronics manufacturing. The city was a brainchild of Alfred Sarant and Joel Barr – two spies who escaped from America and went on to illustrious careers within the USSR.
From a {hardware} perspective, the ISA playing cards were an unusual mixture of Russian-made and foreign electronic components🇷🇺. The playing cards stored getting larger built-in buffers and the flexibility to document information at a better density (full historical past of specs within the Appendix). ArVid acquired a serious enhance when PO KSI moved from utilizing an meeting of single-function microchips to utilizing an Actel a1020b-pl84c FPGA chip. Switching to an FPGA processor meant that the playing cards ran cooler and didn’t trigger the pc to overheat throughout operation.
Word the completely different look once you evaluate the older 1020 mannequin with its built-in circuits to the newer 1052 with its huge FPGA chip. (Photo source).
As we noticed earlier, “coaching” the cardboard to manage your home VCR was vital to the system’s operation. Initially, ArVid would have had 2 infrared diodes constructed into the cardboard’s again: a receiver to document alerts from the distant management and a transmitter to ship them ( according to YouTube comments by user “spbtvmaster”🇷🇺). However this setup meant that customers needed to rotate the again of their PC to face their VCR. PO KSI improved the expertise by placing the infrared transmitter on a separate cable that might attain the VCR no matter the place the PC was going through.
One other enchancment was to fully reduce out the “coaching” section for numerous VCR’s remotes. The corporate pre-recorded the remote-control sequences for widespread VCRs on the manufacturing facility and shipped them with ArVid’s software program package deal. Clients might choose their VCR make & mannequin from a listing and be prepared immediately. And in case your VCR wasn’t on the preconfigured checklist, you can nonetheless prepare ArVid manually.
A unprecedented quantity of documentation and software program got here with the ArVid machine. You’d sometimes get:
- An up-to-date FAQ
- Person Interface walkthroughs for widespread operations
- Descriptions of the .TDR format which was the “desk of contents” for tapes
- API descriptions
- Information on compatibility with completely different PCs, VCRs and Tapes
I assumed it was a “Catch 22” that you just had to purchase the machine with the intention to learn which VCRs/PCs it was suitable with. How would I do know if my system is suitable if I solely get this data after buying ArVid?
Nevertheless it turned out that many of the ArVid paperwork have been freely accessible from BBS methods belonging to PO KSI and approved sellers. Simply set your modem to dial the vendor’s quantity between the hours of 8pm and 8am, and you can obtain all of the FAQs earlier than to procure the system.
These BBSs have been a part of the FidoNet7 community, a Russian network of BBSs that used software compatible with FidoNet however unbiased of its political construction. Here is more info about FidoNet.
In 1997, a “newsgroup” was established at “fido7.su.hardw.support.arvid”🇷🇺. There, Mikel Lavrentyev – the principle ArVid vendor – offered assist to prospects and prospects. There was additionally an official ArVid web site at www.arvid.ru, now available through the Wayback Machine. On this means, with a patchwork of Internet and pre-Internet applied sciences, prospects might get near real-time assist. This was fairly an accomplishment for a rustic that was present process speedy – and sometimes violent – privatization after the Soviet Union collapsed.
To study extra about this time of transition, learn “Privatization in Russia” on Wikipedia; “The Russian Mob: Organized Crime in a Fledgling Democracy“; and this Russian article about how oligarchs and hustlers got their start in the computer industry🇷🇺.
Whereas ArVid’s producers have been a small firm with a tiny vendor community, they did present a guaranty for the machine. The pictured guarantee, for a late-model ArVid 105 from 1997, lined 3 years. This was significant in a society the place every little thing was unsure and inflation from 1993 to 1995 was always higher than 200% a year
Software program
ArVid’s software program might work beneath the DOS working system, in addition to Home windows (3.1, 3.11, 95 and NT), and OS/2🇷🇺. There have been unofficial ports for Linux🇷🇺 and FreeBSD🇷🇺.
The principle Person Interface for ArVid resembled the favored filesystem looking program “Norton Commander” and made it easy to learn and write information from a VHS tape. Different executables that got here with the cardboard let the person document Infrared alerts for controlling their VCR, to vary the configuration parameters, and to re-creating the particular “desk of contents” file that listed file areas on a specific VHS tape.
The {hardware}, software program, documentation and “API” bundled with ArVid opened a world of potentialities. These have been the instruments that programmers wanted to create their very own functions on prime of the machine. One such programmer was Slava Gostrenko.
Gostrenko created 3 interesting applications:
- Arvid Draw – a program that may show the contents of a textual content file to your “Massive Display screen” Tv.
- Arvid Management – a program that might act on visible alerts from a TV broadcast or a surveillance digital camera. With this program, ArVid house owners might do primary object detection / change detection in video alerts. These adjustments might then set off actions on the PC. The principle pitch for it: whereas recording your favorite exhibits, this system might pause VCR recording throughout industrial breaks and resume it when the adverts ended. You’d get commercial-free tapes.
- Arvid Audio – a program that used the ArVid system to document audio (3 hours of music on a $2 tape). Audio could possibly be recorded straight from CD, Audio In, or another supply {that a} SoundBlaster sound card might deal with.
ArVid Software program repository
Listed below are a number of the widespread executables that this machine got here with:
| File Identify | Description |
|---|---|
| _AVSETUP.EXE | utility file for configuring the parameters of your VCR |
| ARVIDxx.EXE | executable that begins the principle software program interface for ArVid, together with the driving force for the controller card (right here xx is the controller quantity (10, 20, 30, 31)) |
| AVLOADER.EXE, AVSHELL.EXE, AVCOPIER.EXE, _AVCOMST.EXE | packages which are parts vital for operating the ArVid software program |
| AVTESTxx.EXE | {hardware} take a look at of the system (xx = controller quantity) |
| AVCONFIG.EXE | utility for altering software program parameters |
| AVVCR.EXE | editor for VCR parameter information (infrared instructions?) |
| _AVRECOV.EXE | utility for recovering on-tape desk of contents from the VHS tape |
| VCT2VCR.EXE | utility for changing .vct file used earlier to .vcr file |
| _AVIRC.EXE | utility for issuing an Infrared command to the VCR |
| DELDESCR.COM | utility for fixing a particular desk of contents error |
| AVSHELL.HLP | suggestions for working the person interface for ArVid |
| AVVCR.HLP | file with textual content for operational suggestions for avvcr.exe |
| ARVID.MES | file with program messages |
| AVSHELL.CFG | instance file for specifying packages known as by the shell |
| ARVIDPO.DOC | software program person information |
| AVSETUP.DOC | directions for the VCR parameter configuration utility |
| AVCOMSTR.DOC | information to the command line interpreter |
| RECOMMND.DOC | normal suggestions for the person |
| AVVCR.DOC, DELDESCR.DOC, AVRECOVR.DOC, VCT2VCR.DOC, AVIRC.DOC | documentation for utilities |
| CHANGES.VER | checklist of adjustments from model to model |
| RTM.EXE, DPMI16BI.OVL | DOS extension information for program operation in protected mode |
| TROUBLE.LST | “black” checklist of VCRs with which “ARVID-1000” doesn’t work |
| ARVID.BAT, AVSETUP.BAT, AVCOMSTR.BAT, AVRECOVR.BAT, AVIRC.BAT | program launch information. |
Under is a set of all of the ArVid-related software program I might get my palms on. A few of it comes from the Rutracker Windows Software torrent tracker🇷🇺, from old-dos.ru🇷🇺 , from a Yandex Disk software dump posted by YouTube person mazalov1972 and no matter dregs I might pull from the Wayback Machine version of arvid.ru .
The contents of the file tree are listed under in an expandable ingredient. Essentially the most fascinating archives are listed on the prime. The information that finish with .h or .o are those that describe the “API”. The information ending with .hpgl are schematics for the circuit board.
Contents of the above archives:
Folder PATH itemizing for quantity OS
Quantity serial quantity is 6611-6028
C:.
|
+---arvid-ru-wayback
| | 03sep97s.tgz
| | arvlin00.tgz
| |
| +---03sep97s-sys
| | ---i386
| | ---isa
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | ---arvid
| | | arvid20.doc
| | | avto10.doc
| | | avto20.doc
| | | avto31.doc
| | | GENERIC.1010
| | | GENERIC.1020
| | | GENERIC.1020-1052
| | | GENERIC.1030-1052
| | | HISTORY
| | | TODO
| | |
| | +---1010
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | | README
| | |
| | +---1020
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | | README
| | |
| | +---1020-1052
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | +---1030-1052
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | +---2.2.2
| | | units.i386.avt
| | | information.i386.avt
| | | INSTALL-2.2.2
| | | LINT.avt
| | | userconfig.c.diff
| | |
| | +---do-2.2.2
| | | units.i386.avt
| | | information.i386.avt
| | | INSTALL
| | | LINT.avt
| | | userconfig.c.diff
| | |
| | +---ic
| | | i8237.h
| | | i8237.h.dist
| | |
| | ---isa
| | avt.c
| | avt.h
| | avtreg.h
| | isa.c
| | isa.c.dist
| | isa_device.h
| | isa_device.h.dist
| |
| +---avdraw
| | AVDRAW.CFG
| | AVDRAW.DOC
| | AVDRAW.EXE
| | COMMENT
| | DESCRIPT.ION
| | DISCLAIM.ERS
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HTTP.WWW
| | TST_DRAW.TXT
| |
| +---av_audio
| | AUDIODRV.CRK
| | AUTOPLAY.BAT
| | AVAUDIO.CFG
| | AVAUDIO.DOC
| | AVA_DPMI.ZIP
| | AVDIGPAK.DOC
| | AVPLAYER.EXE
| | AVRECORD.EXE
| | CD2AV.EXE
| | COMMENT
| | CRACKER.EXE
| | DESCRIPT.ION
| | DIGPAK.ZIP
| | DIGP_PRG.DOC
| | DISCLAIM.ERS
| | ENGLISH.DOC
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | FUTURE.DOC
| | HTTP.WWW
| | SB_DFLT.EXE
| | TECHNOTE.TXT
| | WAKEMEUP.BAT
| | WAV2AV.EXE
| | WHATSNEW
| |
| ---av_ctrl
| AV_CTRL.CFG
| AV_CTRL.DOC
| AV_CTRL.EXE
| AV_SHOW.EXE
| CHOICE.COM
| COMMENT
| DESCRIPT.ION
| DISCLAIM.ERS
| DPMI16BI.OVL
| EXAMPLE.BAT
| FF.BAT
| FILE_ID.DIZ
| HTTP.WWW
| ORT_LOGO.PTN
| PLAY.BAT
| RECORD.BAT
| REW.BAT
| RTM.EXE
| RTR_LOGO.PTN
| STOP.BAT
| WHATSNEW
|
+---arvid-w95-fromSannata
| ---arvid
| | ARVID.TXT
| | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| | ARVID_TI.TXT
| | README.1ST
| |
| ---VARVID1B
| ARVID.INF
| ARVIDW95.DOC
| FILE_ID.DIZ
| REGFORM.TXT
| VARVID.386
| VARVID.REG
| VARVID.TXT
|
+---Previous-Dos Arvid 1000 software program v3.46r5.ver.3.46r5.Russian
| ---AD346R5
| | ARVID10.ARJ
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | ARVID31.ARJ
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| |
| +---ARVID10
| | ARVID10.EXE
| | AVTEST10.EXE
| |
| +---ARVID20
| | ARVID20.EXE
| | AVTEST20.EXE
| |
| +---ARVID31
| | ARVID31.EXE
| | AVTEST31.EXE
| |
| +---COMMON
| | AV1-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-WIN.ICO
| | AV3-OS2.ICO
| | AV3-WIN.ICO
| | AVBW.PAL
| | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | AVIRC.EXE
| | AVLOADER.EXE
| | AVSHELL.EXE
| | AVVCR.EXE
| | DELDESCR.EXE
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | RTM.EXE
| | VCRFILES.DAT
| | VCRNAMES.DAT
| | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | _AVCOMST.EXE
| | _AVIRC.EXE
| | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | _AVSETUP.EXE
| |
| +---DOC-RUSS
| | | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | | AVIRC.DOC
| | | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | | AVSETUP.DOC
| | | AVTEST.DOC
| | | AVTO10.DOC
| | | AVTO20.DOC
| | | AVTO31.DOC
| | | AVVCR.DOC
| | | CHANGES.VER
| | | DELDESCR.DOC
| | | LICENCE.DOC
| | | PALETTE.DOC
| | | README.DOC
| | | RECOMMND.DOC
| | | TROUBLE.LST
| | | VCT2VCR.DOC
| | |
| | ---ADVANCED
| | 1031DESC.TXT
| | 1051DESC.TXT
| | 1052DESC.TXT
| | CABLES.TXT
| | HINTS.TXT
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031_1.01P
| | K1031_2.01P
| | SCART.TXT
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| |
| +---HLP-RUSS
| | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | AVSETUP.HLP
| | AVSHELL.HLP
| | AVVCR.HLP
| |
| +---LNG-ENGL
| | ARVID.MES
| |
| ---LNG-RUSS
| ARVID.MES
|
+---Previous-Dos ARVID for Win95.ver.1.20.017.Russian
| arwin1-2.ima
| arwin2-2.ima
|
+---Previous-Dos ArVid realmode drivers(for 286_1+MB RAM)
| AVSHELLR.EXE
| REALMODE.TXT
| _AVCOMSR.EXE
|
+---Previous-Dos Arvid software program v3.91tst.ver.3.91tst.Russian
| ---AD391TST
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | ARVID32.ARJ
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| |
| +---ARVID20
| | ARVID20.EXE
| | AVTEST20.EXE
| |
| +---ARVID32
| | ARVID32.EXE
| | AVTEST32.EXE
| |
| +---COMMON
| | ANSI2OEM.COD
| | AV1-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-WIN.ICO
| | AV3-OS2.ICO
| | AV3-WIN.ICO
| | AVBW.PAL
| | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | AVLOADER.EXE
| | AVSHELLX.EXE
| | AVVCR.EXE
| | DELDESCR.EXE
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | RTM.EXE
| | VCRFILES.DAT
| | VCRNAMES.DAT
| | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | _AVCOMSX.EXE
| | _AVIRC.EXE
| | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | _AVSETUP.EXE
| |
| +---DOC-RUSS
| | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | AVIRC.DOC
| | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | AVSETUP.DOC
| | AVTEST.DOC
| | AVTO10.DOC
| | AVTO20.DOC
| | AVTO31.DOC
| | AVVCR.DOC
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DELDESCR.DOC
| | LICENCE.DOC
| | PALETTE.DOC
| | README.DOC
| | RECOMMND.DOC
| | TROUBLE.LST
| | VCT2VCR.DOC
| |
| +---HLP-RUSS
| | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | AVSETUP.HLP
| | AVSHELL.HLP
| | AVVCR.HLP
| |
| +---LNG-ENGL
| | ARVID.MES
| |
| ---LNG-RUSS
| ARVID.MES
|
+---Previous-Dos Arvid software program v3.92tst.ver.3.92tst.Russian
| +---AD392FIX
| | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | README
| |
| ---AD392TST
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | ARVID32.ARJ
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| |
| +---ARVID20
| | ARVID20.EXE
| | AVTEST20.EXE
| |
| +---ARVID32
| | ARVID32.EXE
| | AVTEST32.EXE
| |
| +---COMMON
| | ANSI2OEM.COD
| | AV1-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-WIN.ICO
| | AV3-OS2.ICO
| | AV3-WIN.ICO
| | AVBW.PAL
| | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | AVLOADER.EXE
| | AVSHELL.EXE
| | AVVCR.EXE
| | DELDESCR.EXE
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | RTM.EXE
| | VCRFILES.DAT
| | VCRNAMES.DAT
| | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | _AVCOMSX.EXE
| | _AVIRC.EXE
| | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | _AVSETUP.EXE
| |
| +---DOC-RUSS
| | | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | | AVIRC.DOC
| | | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | | AVSETUP.DOC
| | | AVTEST.DOC
| | | AVTO10.DOC
| | | AVTO20.DOC
| | | AVTO31.DOC
| | | AVVCR.DOC
| | | CHANGES.VER
| | | DELDESCR.DOC
| | | LICENCE.DOC
| | | PALETTE.DOC
| | | README.DOC
| | | RECOMMND.DOC
| | | TROUBLE.LST
| | | VCT2VCR.DOC
| | |
| | ---ADVANCED
| | 1031DESC.TXT
| | 1051DESC.TXT
| | 1052DESC.TXT
| | AVTFMT.TXT
| | CABLES.TXT
| | HINTS.TXT
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031_1.01P
| | K1031_2.01P
| | K1052.TXT
| | K1052_1.01P
| | K1052_2.01P
| | SCART.TXT
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| |
| +---HLP-RUSS
| | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | AVSETUP.HLP
| | AVSHELL.HLP
| | AVVCR.HLP
| |
| +---LNG-ENGL
| | ARVID.MES
| |
| ---LNG-RUSS
| ARVID.MES
|
+---Previous-Dos Arvid software program v3.93tst.ver.3.93tst.Russian
| ---AD393TST
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | ARVID32.ARJ
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| |
| +---ARVID20
| | ARVID20.EXE
| | AVTEST20.EXE
| |
| +---ARVID32
| | ARVID32.EXE
| | AVTEST32.EXE
| |
| +---COMMON
| | ANSI2OEM.COD
| | AV1-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-WIN.ICO
| | AV3-OS2.ICO
| | AV3-WIN.ICO
| | AVBW.PAL
| | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | AVLOADER.EXE
| | AVSHELL.EXE
| | AVVCR.EXE
| | DELDESCR.EXE
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | RTM.EXE
| | VCRFILES.DAT
| | VCRNAMES.DAT
| | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | _AVCOMSX.EXE
| | _AVIRC.EXE
| | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | _AVSETUP.EXE
| |
| +---DOC-RUSS
| | | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | | AVIRC.DOC
| | | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | | AVSETUP.DOC
| | | AVTEST.DOC
| | | AVTO10.DOC
| | | AVTO20.DOC
| | | AVTO31.DOC
| | | AVVCR.DOC
| | | CHANGES.VER
| | | DELDESCR.DOC
| | | LICENCE.DOC
| | | PALETTE.DOC
| | | README.DOC
| | | RECOMMND.DOC
| | | TROUBLE.LST
| | | VCT2VCR.DOC
| | |
| | ---ADVANCED
| | 1031DESC.TXT
| | 1051DESC.TXT
| | 1052DESC.TXT
| | AVTFMT.TXT
| | CABLES.TXT
| | HINTS.TXT
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031_1.01P
| | K1031_2.01P
| | K1052.TXT
| | K1052_1.01P
| | K1052_2.01P
| | SCART.TXT
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| |
| +---HLP-RUSS
| | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | AVSETUP.HLP
| | AVSHELL.HLP
| | AVVCR.HLP
| |
| +---LNG-ENGL
| | ARVID.MES
| |
| ---LNG-RUSS
| ARVID.MES
|
+---Previous-Dos AV330BR4.zip.ver.3.30r4.Russian
| ---AV330BR4
| | ARVID10.ARJ
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | JUMPERS.CFG
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| | VCR.ARJ
| |
| +---ARVID10
| | ARVID.TBL
| | ARVID10.EXE
| | AVTEST10.EXE
| |
| +---ARVID20
| | ARVID20.EXE
| | AVTEST20.EXE
| |
| +---COMMON
| | AVBW.PAL
| | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | AVLOADER.EXE
| | AVSETVCR.EXE
| | AVSHELL.EXE
| | AVSHELLX.EXE
| | AVVCR.EXE
| | DELDESCR.COM
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | RTM.EXE
| | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | _AVCOMST.EXE
| | _AVCOMSX.EXE
| | _AVIRC.EXE
| | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | _AVSETUP.EXE
| |
| +---DOC-RUSS
| | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | AVIRC.DOC
| | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | AVSETUP.DOC
| | AVSETVCR.DOC
| | AVTEST.DOC
| | AVTO10.DOC
| | AVTO20.DOC
| | AVVCR.DOC
| | CHANGES.NEW
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DELDESCR.DOC
| | LICENCE.DOC
| | PALETTE.DOC
| | README.DOC
| | RECOMMND.DOC
| | TROUBLE.LST
| | VCR.DOC
| | VCT2VCR.DOC
| |
| +---LNG-ENGL
| | ARVID.MES
| | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | AVSETUP.HLP
| | AVSHELL.HLP
| | AVVCR.HLP
| |
| +---LNG-RUSS
| | ARVID.MES
| | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | AVSETUP.HLP
| | AVSHELL.HLP
| | AVVCR.HLP
| |
| ---VCR
| AIWA510M.VCR
| AIWAD925.VCR
| AIWAG910.VCR
| AIWAK140.VCR
| AKAIF220.VCR
| AKAIG40.VCR
| AKAIR100.VCR
| AKAIR110.VCR
| AKAIR120.VCR
| AKAIR150.VCR
| AKAIR9EV.VCR
| AKAIV440.VCR
| AKAIV53.VCR
| AKAIVS35.VCR
| AUDIVC33.VCR
| CROW3721.VCR
| DAEN110.VCR
| DAEW3327.VCR
| DAEW4153.VCR
| DAEW4379.VCR
| DAEWXXXX.VCR
| ELEC1230.VCR
| ELEC8220.VCR
| FISH300.VCR
| FISHU908.VCR
| FUNA5000.VCR
| FUNA8008.VCR
| FUNAG3EE.VCR
| FUNAV3EE.VCR
| GOLD1295.VCR
| GOLDR500.VCR
| HITAM747.VCR
| HITAP60.VCR
| HITAP75.VCR
| HITAV517.VCR
| JVC830.VCR
| JVCD520.VCR
| JVCD521.VCR
| JVCDX20.VCR
| JVCJ1200.VCR
| JVCP28A.VCR
| JVCP29A.VCR
| JVCP7.VCR
| KOLOKVR5.VCR
| NECN9083.VCR
| NOKI3719.VCR
| ORIO500E.VCR
| ORION688.VCR
| ORION700.VCR
| PANAD100.VCR
| PANAF200.VCR
| PANAG12.VCR
| PANAG35.VCR
| PANAG40.VCR
| PANAG50.VCR
| PANAG7EE.VCR
| PANANV04.VCR
| PANANV22.VCR
| PANANV25.VCR
| PANANV43.VCR
| PANANV7E.VCR
| PANAP04.VCR
| PANAP11.VCR
| PANASD11.VCR
| PANASD20.VCR
| PANASD25.VCR
| PANASD2A.VCR
| PANASD3E.VCR
| PHIL201.VCR
| PHIL253.VCR
| PHIL3242.VCR
| PHIL3260.VCR
| PHIL6448.VCR
| ROYAVC10.VCR
| SAMS1261.VCR
| SAMS9001.VCR
| SANK3721.VCR
| SANY1150.VCR
| SANY4100.VCR
| SANY4250.VCR
| SANYZ3R.VCR
| SCHN568.VCR
| SEG8000.VCR
| SHAR6V3.VCR
| SHAR790E.VCR
| SHARA105.VCR
| SHARB68B.VCR
| SHARPM11.VCR
| SHARV682.VCR
| SHARVC30.VCR
| SHARVC77.VCR
| SHIV930R.VCR
| SHIVM5.VCR
| SHIVS911.VCR
| SONY216E.VCR
| SONY286.VCR
| SONY436E.VCR
| SONY486.VCR
| SONY486E.VCR
| SONYF385.VCR
| SONYK65.VCR
| SONYP116.VCR
| SONYP50E.VCR
| SONYP51E.VCR
| SONYX311.VCR
| SONYX50.VCR
| SONYX57.VCR
| SONYX711.VCR
| SONYXR13.VCR
| SONYXR9P.VCR
| SUPR40.VCR
| SUPRSV91.VCR
| SUPRSV95.VCR
| SUPRT21.VCR
| SUPRT25.VCR
| TELE5930.VCR
| TENS2000.VCR
| THOM4450.VCR
| TICO3125.VCR
| TOSH109C.VCR
| TOSH204.VCR
| TOSH303C.VCR
| TOSH330.VCR
| TOSHV203.VCR
| TOSHV404.VCR
| UNKNOWN.VCR
|
+---Rutracker-ARVID1052
| | 03SEP97P.TGZ
| | 03SEP97S.TGZ
| | 1031DESC.TXT
| | 1051DESC.TXT
| | 1052DESC.TXT
| | 22JUN97P.TGZ
| | 22JUN97S.TGZ
| | ad393tst.arj
| | AD393TST.ZIP
| | ARVID.TXT
| | arvid20.zip
| | ARVID31.RAR
| | ARVIDFAQ.ZIP
| | Arvidpo.htm
| | arvid_dos_v346r5.rar
| | ARVLIN00.TGZ
| | arwin015.rar
| | ARWIN018.ZIP
| | arwincom.arj
| | av-vcr.arj
| | av2rx096.rar
| | av346r5.arj
| | AVARCH.EXE
| | AVARCH20.EXE
| | Avcomstr.htm
| | AVCTRL09.ZIP
| | Avsetup.htm
| | Avtest.htm
| | AVTUT10.ZIP
| | AVTUT11.ZIP
| | AVTUT12.ZIP
| | Avvct.htm
| | av_sales.arj
| | av_tech.arj
| | AW120016.ZIP
| | AW120017.ZIP
| | DESCRIPT.ION
| | DOWNLOAD.rar
| | dsk3-1.exe
| | dsk3-2.exe
| | dsk3-3.exe
| | dsk3-4.exe
| | files-2.bbs
| | inet_arvid.zip
| | INSTALL.BAT
| | IRC10.ZIP
| | PAFTDR11.ZIP
| | READ.ME
| | Recommnd.htm
| | Hassle.htm
| | ????????? ?????. ? ???????? ????? - ?????? - ???????? ???????? ????????.pdf
| | ??????????.pdf
| |
| +---03SEP97P
| | | 03SEP97P.tar
| | |
| | ---03SEP97P
| | ---packages
| | ---arvid
| | | arvidapi.h
| | | README
| | | TODO
| | |
| | +---ARVLinux
| | | | Makefile
| | | | guidelines.make
| | | | VERSION
| | | |
| | | +---app
| | | | +---arvsbox
| | | | ---xarvideo
| | | | Imakefile
| | | | xarvideo.c
| | | |
| | | +---doc
| | | | arv-rw
| | | | questns.txt
| | | | todo.txt
| | | |
| | | +---drv
| | | | | arvid-kernel.patch
| | | | | INSTALL
| | | | | install-drv
| | | | |
| | | | ---drivers
| | | | ---char
| | | | ---arvid
| | | | arv-data.c
| | | | arv-data.h
| | | | arv-hlp.h
| | | | arv-io.c
| | | | arv-io.h
| | | | arv-isr.c
| | | | arv-isr.h
| | | | arv-ll.c
| | | | arv-ll.h
| | | | arvid-ki.c
| | | | arvid-ki.h
| | | | arvid.h
| | | | Makefile
| | | | tracing.c
| | | | tracing.h
| | | |
| | | +---include
| | | +---lib
| | | ---script
| | | arvsave
| | | mkarv
| | |
| | +---audio
| | | avread.c
| | | avread.previous
| | | avwrite.c
| | | avwrite.previous
| | | Makefile
| | | README
| | |
| | +---avcopier
| | | | .make.Avcopier
| | | | .make.Ident
| | | | 200f1ab
| | | | avcopier.c
| | | | Avcopier.cpp
| | | | avreadtof.c
| | | | Ident.cpp
| | | | Makefile
| | | | README
| | | | test1
| | | |
| | | +---c++
| | | | avreadtof.c
| | | | bin.inf
| | | | essential.cpp
| | | | Makefile
| | | | ReadSector.cpp
| | | | ReadSector.hpp
| | | |
| | | +---sector
| | | | make.Sector
| | | | tmp.cpp
| | | |
| | | ---test
| | | avreadtof.c
| | | bin.inf
| | | essential.cpp
| | | Makefile
| | | ReadSector.cpp
| | | ReadSector.hpp
| | | ReadSector.hpp.b
| | | take a look at.cpp
| | |
| | +---avinfo
| | | avinfo.c
| | | Makefile
| | | README
| | |
| | +---avphase
| | | avphase.c
| | | README
| | |
| | +---avread
| | | avtdr.c
| | |
| | +---avshell
| | | avshell.c
| | |
| | +---avtape
| | | Makefile
| | | tape.c
| | |
| | +---doc
| | | | arvid.cfg
| | | | arvid_f0.txt
| | | | avcomstr.doc
| | | | avtfmt.txt
| | | | avtfmtmy.txt
| | | | README
| | | | tdrfmt.txt
| | | | vcrtab.txt
| | | |
| | | ---hard
| | | 1020.TXT
| | | 1031.TXT
| | | 1051.TXT
| | | 1052.TXT
| | |
| | +---include
| | | .README
| | | avt.tbl
| | | avt100.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | | avtreg.h.previous
| | | crc.c
| | | errormes.h
| | | Irc.hpp
| | | rsgen.h
| | | Sector.hpp
| | | Tape.h
| | | Tape.hpp
| | | TapeDir.hpp
| | | tdr.h
| | |
| | +---lib
| | | avt100.o
| | | avt_rs.o
| | | crc.o
| | |
| | +---raw
| | | aaa
| | | avread.c
| | | avreadrs.c
| | | avwrite.c
| | | Makefile
| | | uncooked.c
| | | raw_make
| | | README
| | | write.c
| | |
| | +---sys
| | | 200-100as
| | | 200.c
| | | 200f1ab
| | | d100.c
| | | Makefile
| | | README
| | | readrsd.c
| | | RS
| | | rsc.c
| | | rsc.c.d
| | | rsd.c
| | |
| | +---tdr
| | | make.TapeDir
| | | make.Tdr
| | | TapeDir
| | | TapeDir.cpp
| | | Tdr.cpp
| | | Tdr.hpp
| | | tdr_dir.c
| | | tdr_dir.c.d
| | |
| | +---vcr
| | | | IrcTrn
| | | | IrcTrn.cpp
| | | | make.IrcTrn
| | | | Makefile
| | | | vcr.c
| | | | vcread.c
| | | | vcrwrite.c
| | | | viewvcr.c
| | | | viewvcr.cpp.previous
| | | |
| | | ---asm
| | | 17E4
| | | 17E4.asm
| | | 1BD3.asm
| | | irctomod.asm
| | |
| | ---X11
| | Imakefile
| | xarvideo.c
| |
| +---03SEP97S
| | ---sys
| | ---i386
| | ---isa
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | ---arvid
| | | arvid20.doc
| | | avto10.doc
| | | avto20.doc
| | | avto31.doc
| | | GENERIC.1010
| | | GENERIC.1020
| | | GENERIC.1020-1052
| | | GENERIC.1030-1052
| | | HISTORY
| | | TODO
| | |
| | +---1010
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | | README
| | |
| | +---1020
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | | README
| | |
| | +---1020-1052
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | +---1030-1052
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | +---2.2.2
| | | units.i386.avt
| | | information.i386.avt
| | | INSTALL-2.2.2
| | | LINT.avt
| | | userconfig.c.diff
| | |
| | +---do-2.2.2
| | | units.i386.avt
| | | information.i386.avt
| | | INSTALL
| | | LINT.avt
| | | userconfig.c.diff
| | |
| | +---ic
| | | i8237.h
| | | i8237.h.dist
| | |
| | ---isa
| | avt.c
| | avt.h
| | avtreg.h
| | isa.c
| | isa.c.dist
| | isa_device.h
| | isa_device.h.dist
| |
| +---03SEP97S.tar
| | | 03SEP97S.tar
| | |
| | ---03SEP97S
| | ---sys
| | ---i386
| | ---isa
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | ---arvid
| | | arvid20.doc
| | | avto10.doc
| | | avto20.doc
| | | avto31.doc
| | | GENERIC.1010
| | | GENERIC.1020
| | | GENERIC.1020-1052
| | | GENERIC.1030-1052
| | | HISTORY
| | | TODO
| | |
| | +---1010
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | | README
| | |
| | +---1020
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | | README
| | |
| | +---1020-1052
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | +---1030-1052
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | +---2.2.2
| | | units.i386.avt
| | | information.i386.avt
| | | INSTALL-2.2.2
| | | LINT.avt
| | | userconfig.c.diff
| | |
| | +---do-2.2.2
| | | units.i386.avt
| | | information.i386.avt
| | | INSTALL
| | | LINT.avt
| | | userconfig.c.diff
| | |
| | +---ic
| | | i8237.h
| | | i8237.h.dist
| | |
| | ---isa
| | avt.c
| | avt.h
| | avtreg.h
| | isa.c
| | isa.c.dist
| | isa_device.h
| | isa_device.h.dist
| |
| +---22JUN97P
| | ---packages
| | ---arvid
| | | arvidapi.h
| | | README
| | |
| | +---audio
| | | avread.c
| | | avread.previous
| | | avwrite.c
| | | avwrite.previous
| | | Makefile
| | | README
| | |
| | +---avcopier
| | | | avcopier.c
| | | | avreadtof.c
| | | | Makefile
| | | | README
| | | |
| | | +---c++
| | | | avreadtof.c
| | | | bin.inf
| | | | essential.cpp
| | | | Makefile
| | | | ReadSector.cpp
| | | | ReadSector.hpp
| | | |
| | | ---test
| | | avreadtof.c
| | | bin.inf
| | | essential
| | | essential.cpp
| | | Makefile
| | | ReadSector.cpp
| | | ReadSector.hpp
| | | ReadSector.hpp.b
| | | take a look at
| | | take a look at.cpp
| | |
| | +---avinfo
| | | avinfo.c
| | | Makefile
| | | README
| | |
| | +---avphase
| | | avphase.c
| | | README
| | |
| | +---avread
| | | avtdr.c
| | |
| | +---avshell
| | | avshell.c
| | |
| | +---avtape
| | | Makefile
| | | tape.c
| | |
| | +---doc
| | | | arvid.cfg
| | | | arvid_f0.txt
| | | | avtfmt.txt
| | | | avtfmtmy.txt
| | | | README
| | | | tdrfmt.txt
| | | | vcrtab.txt
| | | |
| | | ---hard
| | | 1020.TXT
| | | 1031.TXT
| | | 1051.TXT
| | | 1052.TXT
| | |
| | +---include
| | | avt.tbl
| | | avt100.c
| | | avt100.o
| | | avtreg.h
| | | avt_rs.o
| | | crc.c
| | | crc.o
| | | errormes.h
| | | rsgen.h
| | | tdr.h
| | | vcr.hpp
| | |
| | +---raw
| | | aaa
| | | avread
| | | avread.c
| | | avread.o
| | | avreadrs.c
| | | avwrite.c
| | | Makefile
| | | uncooked.c
| | | raw_make
| | | README
| | |
| | +---sys
| | | 200-100as
| | | 200.c
| | | 200f1ab
| | | d100.c
| | | Makefile
| | | README
| | | readrsd.c
| | | RS
| | | rsc.c
| | | rsc.c.d
| | | rsd.c
| | |
| | +---tdr
| | | tdr_dir
| | | tdr_dir.c
| | | tdr_dir.c.b
| | | tdr_dir.c.d
| | |
| | ---vcr
| | | akair110.vcr
| | | IrcTrn
| | | IrcTrn.cpp
| | | make.IrcTrn
| | | Makefile
| | | vcread.c
| | | vcrload.c
| | | vcrwrite.c
| | | viewvcr.c
| | | viewvcr.cpp.previous
| | |
| | ---asm
| | 17E4
| | 17E4.asm
| | 1BD3.asm
| | irctomod.asm
| |
| +---22JUN97P.tar
| | 22JUN97P.tar
| |
| +---22JUN97S
| | ---sys
| | ---i386
| | ---isa
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | ---arvid
| | | arvid20.doc
| | | avto10.doc
| | | avto20.doc
| | | avto31.doc
| | | GENERIC.1010
| | | GENERIC.1020
| | | GENERIC.1020-1052
| | | GENERIC.1030-1052
| | | HISTORY
| | | INSTALL
| | | TODO
| | |
| | +---1010
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | | README
| | |
| | +---1020
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | | README
| | |
| | +---1020-1052
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | +---1030-1052
| | | avt.c
| | | avtreg.h
| | |
| | +---ic
| | | i8237.h
| | | i8237.h.dist
| | |
| | ---isa
| | avt.c
| | avt.h
| | avtreg.h
| | isa.c
| | isa.c.dist
| | isa_device.h
| | isa_device.h.dist
| |
| +---22JUN97S.tar
| | 22JUN97S.tar
| |
| +---ad393tst
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | ARVID32.ARJ
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| | VCR-DATA.ARJ
| |
| +---ARVID1YS
| | | ARVID.BAT
| | | ARVID.CFG
| | | ARVID.MES
| | | ARVID31.EXE
| | | AV1-OS2.ICO
| | | AV2-OS2.ICO
| | | AV2-WIN.ICO
| | | AV3-OS2.ICO
| | | AV3-WIN.ICO
| | | AVBW.PAL
| | | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | | AVCOMSTR.BAT
| | | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | | AVIRC.BAT
| | | AVIRC.EXE
| | | AVLOADER.EXE
| | | AVRECOVR.BAT
| | | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | | AVSETUP.BAT
| | | AVSETUP.HLP
| | | AVSHELL.BAT
| | | AVSHELL.CFG
| | | AVSHELL.EXE
| | | AVSHELL.HLP
| | | AVTEST31.EXE
| | | AVVCR.EXE
| | | AVVCR.HLP
| | | CONTENT.PRT
| | | DELDESCR.EXE
| | | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | | FUNA5000.VCR
| | | README.1ST
| | | RTM.EXE
| | | VCRFILES.DAT
| | | VCRNAMES.DAT
| | | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | | _AVCOMST.EXE
| | | _AVIRC.EXE
| | | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | | _AVSETUP.EXE
| | |
| | ---DOC
| | | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| | | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | | AVIRC.DOC
| | | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | | AVSETUP.DOC
| | | AVTEST.DOC
| | | AVTO10.DOC
| | | AVTO20.DOC
| | | AVTO31.DOC
| | | AVVCR.DOC
| | | CHANGES.VER
| | | DELDESCR.DOC
| | | LICENCE.DOC
| | | PALETTE.DOC
| | | README.DOC
| | | RECOMMND.DOC
| | | SCART.TXT
| | | TROUBLE.LST
| | | VCT2VCR.DOC
| | |
| | ---ADVANCED
| | CABLES.TXT
| | K1031-1.HP
| | K1031-2.HP
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031API.TXT
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| |
| +---arvid20
| | ---arvid
| | AVARCH.EXE
| | AVARCH20.EXE
| | INSTALL.BAT
| | READ.ME
| |
| +---ARVID2YS
| | | ARVID.BAT
| | | ARVID.CFG
| | | ARVID.MES
| | | ARVID31.EXE
| | | AVBW.PAL
| | | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | | AVCOMSTR.BAT
| | | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | | AVIRC.BAT
| | | AVLOADER.EXE
| | | AVRECOVR.BAT
| | | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | | AVSETUP.BAT
| | | AVSETUP.HLP
| | | AVSHELL.BAT
| | | AVSHELL.CFG
| | | AVSHELL.EXE
| | | AVSHELL.HLP
| | | AVTEST31.EXE
| | | AVVCR.EXE
| | | AVVCR.HLP
| | | DELDESCR.COM
| | | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | | FUNA5000.VCR
| | | README.1ST
| | | RTM.EXE
| | | VCRFILES.DAT
| | | VCRNAMES.DAT
| | | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | | _AVCOMST.EXE
| | | _AVIRC.EXE
| | | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | | _AVSETUP.EXE
| | |
| | ---DOC
| | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | AVIRC.DOC
| | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | AVSETUP.DOC
| | AVTEST.DOC
| | AVTO10.DOC
| | AVTO20.DOC
| | AVTO31.DOC
| | AVVCR.DOC
| | CABLES.TXT
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DELDESCR.DOC
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031_1.01P
| | K1031_2.01P
| | LICENCE.DOC
| | PALETTE.DOC
| | README.DOC
| | RECOMMND.DOC
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| | TROUBLE.LST
| | VCT2VCR.DOC
| |
| +---ARVID31
| | ARVID1.GIF
| | ARVID2.GIF
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| |
| +---ARVID346
| | | ARVID10.ARJ
| | | ARVID20.ARJ
| | | ARVID31.ARJ
| | | ARVID_SA.TXT
| | | ARVID_TI.TXT
| | | AVSHELL.CFG
| | | COMMON.ARJ
| | | DIRINFO
| | | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | | INSTALL.CFG
| | | INSTALL.EXE
| | | INSTALL.PIF
| | | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | | README.1ST
| | | REALMODE.ARJ
| | |
| | +---ARVID10
| | | ARVID10.EXE
| | | AVTEST10.EXE
| | |
| | +---ARVID20
| | | ARVID20.EXE
| | | AVTEST20.EXE
| | |
| | +---ARVID31
| | | ARVID31.EXE
| | | AVTEST31.EXE
| | |
| | +---COMMON
| | | AVBW.PAL
| | | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | | AVLOADER.EXE
| | | AVSHELL.EXE
| | | AVVCR.EXE
| | | DELDESCR.COM
| | | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | | RTM.EXE
| | | VCRFILES.DAT
| | | VCRNAMES.DAT
| | | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | | _AVCOMST.EXE
| | | _AVIRC.EXE
| | | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | | _AVSETUP.EXE
| | |
| | +---DOC-RUSS
| | | | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| | | | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | | | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | | | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | | | AVIRC.DOC
| | | | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | | | AVSETUP.DOC
| | | | AVTEST.DOC
| | | | AVTO10.DOC
| | | | AVTO20.DOC
| | | | AVTO31.DOC
| | | | AVVCR.DOC
| | | | CHANGES.VER
| | | | DELDESCR.DOC
| | | | LICENCE.DOC
| | | | PALETTE.DOC
| | | | README.DOC
| | | | RECOMMND.DOC
| | | | TROUBLE.LST
| | | | VCT2VCR.DOC
| | | |
| | | ---ADVANCED.DOC
| | | CABLES.TXT
| | | K1031.TXT
| | | K1031_1.01P
| | | K1031_2.01P
| | | TDRFMT.TXT
| | |
| | +---HLP-RUSS
| | | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | | AVSETUP.HLP
| | | AVSHELL.HLP
| | | AVVCR.HLP
| | |
| | +---LNG-ENGL
| | | ARVID.MES
| | |
| | +---LNG-RUSS
| | | ARVID.MES
| | |
| | ---REALMODE
| | AVSHELLR.EXE
| | _AVCOMSR.EXE
| |
| +---ARVID52
| | +---D1
| | | | ARV_1052.ARJ
| | | |
| | | ---ARV_1052
| | | ARVID.TXT
| | | ARVIDFAQ.ZIP
| | | ARWIN111.ZIP
| | |
| | ---D2
| | ARV_1052.A01
| |
| +---ARVIDFAQ
| | ARVIDERR.TXT
| | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| |
| +---arvid_dos_v346r5
| | ARVID10.ARJ
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | ARVID31.ARJ
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| |
| +---ARVLIN00
| | ARVLIN00.tar
| |
| +---arwin015
| | ARVID.INF
| | AVINSTAL.EXE
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DATA.1
| | DATA.2
| | DISK1.ID
| | DISK2.ID
| | README.TXT
| | SETUP.INS
| | SETUP.PKG
| | _INST32I.EX_
| | _ISDEL.EXE
| | _SETUP.DLL
| | _SETUP.LIB
| |
| +---arwin018
| | ARVID.INF
| | AVINSTAL.EXE
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DATA.1
| | DATA.2
| | DISK1.ID
| | DISK2.ID
| | README.TXT
| | SETUP.INS
| | SETUP.PKG
| | _INST32I.EX_
| | _ISDEL.EXE
| | _SETUP.DLL
| | _SETUP.LIB
| |
| +---ARWIN110
| | ARVID.INF
| | AVINSTAL.EXE
| | DATA.1
| | DATA.2
| | DISK1.ID
| | DISK2.ID
| | README.TXT
| | SETUP.INS
| | SETUP.PKG
| | _INST32I.EX_
| | _ISDEL.EXE
| | _SETUP.DLL
| | _SETUP.LIB
| |
| +---arwincom
| | +---DISK1
| | | AVINSTAL.EXE
| | | DISK1.ID
| | | _INST32I.EX_
| | | _ISDEL.EXE
| | | _SETUP.DLL
| | | _SETUP.LIB
| | |
| | ---DISK2
| | DATA.2
| | DISK2.ID
| |
| +---av-vcr
| | ---DISK1
| | VCRFILES.DAT
| | VCRLIST.TXT
| | VCRNAMES.DAT
| |
| +---av2rx096
| | | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | | READ.ME
| | |
| | +---AVT
| | +---BIN
| | | AVTAPER.CMD
| | | RXAVMSG.CMD
| | | RXAVSTAT.CMD
| | | TDR2AVT.EXE
| | |
| | +---DLL
| | | AVDAPI.DLL
| | | AVREXX.DLL
| | | OS2WAUX.DLL
| | | TDRCONV.DLL
| | | VROBJ.DLL
| | | VXAVRES.DLL
| | |
| | +---H
| | | ARVIDAPI.H
| | |
| | +---HELP
| | | AVAPIDES.TXT
| | | AVREXX.INF
| | | VXARVID.HLP
| | | VXARVID.INF
| | |
| | +---LIB
| | | AVDAPI.LIB
| | |
| | +---SYS
| | | ARVID32.SYS
| | | MWDD32.SYS
| | |
| | ---VXARVID
| | RXAVMSG.CMD
| | RXAVSTAT.CMD
| | TAPSAVER.VRX
| | VXARVID.EXE
| |
| +---av346r5
| | | ARVID10.ARJ
| | | ARVID20.ARJ
| | | ARVID31.ARJ
| | | AVSHELL.CFG
| | | COMMON.ARJ
| | | DIRINFO
| | | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | | INSTALL.CFG
| | | INSTALL.EXE
| | | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | | README.1ST
| | |
| | ---AV-INFO
| | ARVID_!!.TXT
| | ARVID_EX.TXT
| | ARVID_SA.TXT
| | ARVID_TI.TXT
| | NEED.TXT
| |
| +---AVCTRL09
| | AV_CTRL.CFG
| | AV_CTRL.DOC
| | AV_CTRL.EXE
| | AV_SHOW.EXE
| | CHOICE.COM
| | COMMENT
| | DESCRIPT.ION
| | DISCLAIM.ERS
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | EXAMPLE.BAT
| | FF.BAT
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HTTP.WWW
| | ORT_LOGO.PTN
| | PLAY.BAT
| | RECORD.BAT
| | REW.BAT
| | RTM.EXE
| | RTR_LOGO.PTN
| | STOP.BAT
| | WHATSNEW
| |
| +---AVTUT10
| | AVT2FL.EXE
| | AVT2FL2.EXE
| | AVTDIR.EXE
| | AVTDIR2.EXE
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | RTM.EXE
| | SAMPLE.INI
| |
| +---AVTUT11
| | AVT2FL.EXE
| | AVT2FL2.EXE
| | AVTDIR.EXE
| | AVTDIR2.EXE
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HISTORY
| | READ.ME
| | RTM.EXE
| | SAMPLE.INI
| |
| +---AVTUT12
| | AVT2FL.EXE
| | AVT2FL2.EXE
| | AVTDIR.EXE
| | AVTDIR2.EXE
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HISTORY
| | READ.ME
| | RTM.EXE
| | SAMPLE.INI
| |
| +---av_sales
| | AV_SALES.TXT
| |
| +---av_tech
| | AV_TECH.TXT
| |
| +---AW120016
| | | README.1ST
| | |
| | ---DISK1
| | ARVID.INF
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DATA.1
| | README.TXT
| | SETUP.INS
| | SETUP.PKG
| |
| +---AW120017
| | | README.1ST
| | |
| | ---DISK1
| | ARVID.INF
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DATA.1
| | README.TXT
| | SETUP.INS
| | SETUP.PKG
| |
| +---DISK1
| | ARVID.INF
| | AVINSTAL.EXE
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DATA.1
| | DISK1.ID
| | README.TXT
| | SETUP.INS
| | SETUP.PKG
| | _INST32I.EX_
| | _ISDEL.EXE
| | _SETUP.DLL
| | _SETUP.LIB
| |
| +---DISK2
| | | ARVID.TXT
| | | ARVIDFAQ.ZIP
| | | ARV_1052.A01
| | | AVAUD09K.ZIP
| | | COVER_B.DOC
| | | COVER_F.DOC
| | | MANUAL.DOC
| | |
| | +---ARVIDFAQ
| | | PART1.FAQ
| | | PART2.FAQ
| | | PART3.FAQ
| | | PART4.FAQ
| | |
| | ---AVAUD09K
| | AVAUDIO.CFG
| | AVAUDIO.DOC
| | AVA_DPMI.ZIP
| | AVPSBP.EXE
| | AVRSBP.EXE
| | AVRSBR.EXE
| | CD2AV.EXE
| | COMMENT
| | DESCRIPT.ION
| | DISCLAIM.ERS
| | ENGLISH.DOC
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HTTP.WWW
| | TECHNOTE.TXT
| | WHATSNEW
| |
| +---DISK3
| | | ARVID10.ARJ
| | | ARVID20.ARJ
| | | ARVID31.ARJ
| | | AVSHELL.CFG
| | | COMMON.ARJ
| | | DIRINFO
| | | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | | INSTALL.CFG
| | | INSTALL.EXE
| | | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | | README.1ST
| | |
| | +---ARVID10
| | | ARVID10.EXE
| | | AVTEST10.EXE
| | |
| | +---ARVID20
| | | ARVID20.EXE
| | | AVTEST20.EXE
| | |
| | +---ARVID31
| | | ARVID31.EXE
| | | AVTEST31.EXE
| | |
| | +---COMMON
| | | AV1-OS2.ICO
| | | AV2-OS2.ICO
| | | AV2-WIN.ICO
| | | AV3-OS2.ICO
| | | AV3-WIN.ICO
| | | AVBW.PAL
| | | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | | AVIRC.EXE
| | | AVLOADER.EXE
| | | AVSHELL.EXE
| | | AVVCR.EXE
| | | DELDESCR.EXE
| | | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | | RTM.EXE
| | | VCRFILES.DAT
| | | VCRNAMES.DAT
| | | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | | _AVCOMST.EXE
| | | _AVIRC.EXE
| | | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | | _AVSETUP.EXE
| | |
| | +---DOC-RUSS
| | | | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| | | | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | | | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | | | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | | | AVIRC.DOC
| | | | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | | | AVSETUP.DOC
| | | | AVTEST.DOC
| | | | AVTO10.DOC
| | | | AVTO20.DOC
| | | | AVTO31.DOC
| | | | AVVCR.DOC
| | | | CHANGES.VER
| | | | DELDESCR.DOC
| | | | LICENCE.DOC
| | | | PALETTE.DOC
| | | | README.DOC
| | | | RECOMMND.DOC
| | | | SCART.TXT
| | | | TROUBLE.LST
| | | | VCT2VCR.DOC
| | | |
| | | ---ADVANCED
| | | CABLES.TXT
| | | K1031-1.HP
| | | K1031-2.HP
| | | K1031.TXT
| | | K1031API.TXT
| | | TDRFMT.TXT
| | |
| | +---HLP-RUSS
| | | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | | AVSETUP.HLP
| | | AVSHELL.HLP
| | | AVVCR.HLP
| | |
| | +---LNG-ENGL
| | | ARVID.MES
| | |
| | ---LNG-RUSS
| | ARVID.MES
| |
| +---DOC
| | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | AVIRC.DOC
| | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | AVSETUP.DOC
| | AVTEST.DOC
| | AVTO10.DOC
| | AVTO20.DOC
| | AVTO31.DOC
| | AVVCR.DOC
| | CABLES.TXT
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DELDESCR.DOC
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031_1.01P
| | K1031_2.01P
| | LICENCE.DOC
| | PALETTE.DOC
| | README.DOC
| | RECOMMND.DOC
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| | TROUBLE.LST
| | VCT2VCR.DOC
| |
| +---DOWNLOAD
| | 03SEP97P.TGZ
| | 03SEP97S.TGZ
| | 1031DESC.TXT
| | 1051DESC.TXT
| | 1052DESC.TXT
| | 22JUN97P.TGZ
| | 22JUN97S.TGZ
| | ad393tst.arj
| | AD393TST.ZIP
| | ARVID.TXT
| | ARVID1.GIF
| | ARVID2.GIF
| | arvid20.zip
| | ARVID31.RAR
| | arvidfaq.arj.half
| | ARVIDFAQ.ZIP
| | Arvidpo.htm
| | arvidpo.zip
| | Arvidto.htm
| | arvidto.zip
| | ARVID_I.RAR
| | ARVLIN00.TGZ
| | ARWIN018.ZIP
| | arwincom.arj
| | ARWINCOM.ZIP
| | av-vcr.arj
| | av2rx096.rar
| | av346r5.arj
| | AVARCH.EXE
| | AVARCH20.EXE
| | Avcomstr.htm
| | avcomstr.zip
| | AVCTRL09.ZIP
| | avdraw.arj.half
| | Avsetup.htm
| | avsetup.zip
| | Avtest.htm
| | avtest.zip
| | AVTUT10.ZIP
| | AVTUT11.ZIP
| | AVTUT12.ZIP
| | Avvct.htm
| | avvct.zip
| | av_sales.arj
| | av_tech.arj
| | aw120017.arj.half
| | DESCRIPT.ION
| | files-2.bbs
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | INSTALL.BAT
| | IRC10.ZIP
| | PAFTDR11.ZIP
| | READ.ME
| | Recommnd.htm
| | recommnd.zip
| | Hassle.htm
| | bother.zip
| |
| +---inet_arvid
| | 30MIN.WAV
| | arvid.htm
| | av1031.jpg
| | av1051.jpg
| | av1052.jpg
| | B5.BMP
| | B51.BMP
| | CLOCKS.EXE
| | clocks.ini
| | HOUR.WAV
| | raid.htm
| | raid1.htm
| | raid181.jpg
| | raid182.jpg
| | raid183.jpg
| | raid184.jpg
| | raid185.jpg
| | raid2.htm
| | raid3.htm
| | raid4.htm
| | raid5.htm
| | raid_1.gif
| | raid_2.gif
| | raid_3.gif
| | raid_4.gif
| | raid_5.gif
| |
| +---IRC10
| | IRC.BAT
| | IRC.CFG
| | MAKE_IRC.EXE
| | MAKE_IRC.PAS
| | READ.ME
| |
| +---PAFTDR11
| | D2TDR13.ZIP
| | English.hlf
| | English.lng
| | File_id.diz
| | PAFTDR.dll
| | Readme English.txt
| | Readme Russian.txt
| | Russian.hlf
| | Russian.lng
| | TDRSHL40.ZIP
| | WhatsNew.txt
| |
| ---soft
| +---D1
| | ARWIN110.EXE
| |
| +---D2
| | ARVID346.EXE
| | ARWIN110.R00
| |
| ---D3
| ARVID346.R00
|
---?????-from-mazalov1972
---?????
+---D1 (MS DOS)
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | ARVID32.ARJ
| | ARVID_SA.TXT
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| | VCR-DATA.ARJ
| |
| +---ADDENDUM
| | I430IORT.ZIP
| | RAWDISK.ZIP
| | TRITON2.ZIP
| |
| +---ARVID20
| | ARVID20.EXE
| | AVTEST20.EXE
| |
| +---ARVID32
| | ARVID32.EXE
| | AVTEST32.EXE
| |
| +---COMMON
| | ANSI2OEM.COD
| | AV1-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-WIN.ICO
| | AV3-OS2.ICO
| | AV3-WIN.ICO
| | AVBW.PAL
| | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | AVLOADER.EXE
| | AVSHELL.EXE
| | AVVCR.EXE
| | DELDESCR.EXE
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | RTM.EXE
| | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | _AVCOMSX.EXE
| | _AVIRC.EXE
| | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | _AVSETUP.EXE
| |
| +---DOC-RUSS
| | | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | | AVIRC.DOC
| | | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | | AVSETUP.DOC
| | | AVTEST.DOC
| | | AVTO10.DOC
| | | AVTO20.DOC
| | | AVTO31.DOC
| | | AVVCR.DOC
| | | CHANGES.VER
| | | DELDESCR.DOC
| | | LICENCE.DOC
| | | PALETTE.DOC
| | | README.DOC
| | | RECOMMND.DOC
| | | TROUBLE.LST
| | | VCT2VCR.DOC
| | |
| | ---ADVANCED
| | 1031DESC.TXT
| | 1051DESC.TXT
| | 1052DESC.TXT
| | AVTFMT.TXT
| | CABLES.TXT
| | HINTS.TXT
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031_1.01P
| | K1031_2.01P
| | K1052.TXT
| | K1052_1.01P
| | K1052_2.01P
| | SCART.TXT
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| |
| +---HLP-RUSS
| | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | AVSETUP.HLP
| | AVSHELL.HLP
| | AVVCR.HLP
| |
| +---LNG-ENGL
| | ARVID.MES
| |
| +---LNG-RUSS
| | ARVID.MES
| |
| ---VCR-DATA
| VCRFILES.DAT
| VCRNAMES.DAT
|
+---D1 (WIN 95)
| ARVID.INF
| AVINSTAL.EXE
| CHANGES.VER
| DATA.1
| DISK1.ID
| README.TXT
| SETUP.INS
| SETUP.PKG
| _INST32I.EX_
| _ISDEL.EXE
| _SETUP.DLL
| _SETUP.LIB
|
+---D2 (WIN 95)
| | DATA.2
| | DISK2.ID
| |
| ---ADDENDUM
| | ARVIDFAQ.ZIP
| | AVDRAW09.ZIP
| | D2TDR11.ZIP
| | SYNCTAP2.ZIP
| | TDRACE12.ZIP
| | TDRSHL40.ZIP
| | VARVID1B.ZIP
| | VCRNAME.ZIP
| |
| +---ARVIDFAQ
| | ARVIDERR.TXT
| | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| |
| +---AVDRAW09
| | AVDRAW.CFG
| | AVDRAW.DOC
| | AVDRAW.EXE
| | COMMENT
| | DESCRIPT.ION
| | DISCLAIM.ERS
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HTTP.WWW
| | TST_DRAW.TXT
| |
| +---D2TDR11
| | DIR2TDR.DOC
| | DIR2TDR.EXE
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| |
| +---SYNCTAP2
| | DEXCL
| | README
| | SYNC.BAT
| | SYNCTAPE.EXE
| |
| +---TDRACE12
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | TA.DOC
| | TA.EXE
| |
| +---TDRSHL40
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | TDR.EXE
| | TDRSHELL.DOC
| | WHATSNEW
| |
| +---VARVID1B
| | ARVID.INF
| | ARVIDW95.DOC
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | REGFORM.TXT
| | VARVID.386
| | VARVID.REG
| | VARVID.TXT
| |
| ---VCRNAME
| README
| VCR.C
| VCR.EXE
|
+---? ???????.??
| ---ARVID1052
| | 03SEP97P.TGZ
| | 03SEP97S.TGZ
| | 1031DESC.TXT
| | 1051DESC.TXT
| | 1052DESC.TXT
| | 22JUN97P.TGZ
| | 22JUN97S.TGZ
| | ad393tst.arj
| | AD393TST.ZIP
| | ARVID.TXT
| | arvid20.zip
| | ARVID31.RAR
| | ARVIDFAQ.ZIP
| | Arvidpo.htm
| | arvid_dos_v346r5.rar
| | ARVLIN00.TGZ
| | arwin015.rar
| | ARWIN018.ZIP
| | arwincom.arj
| | av-vcr.arj
| | av2rx096.rar
| | av346r5.arj
| | AVARCH.EXE
| | AVARCH20.EXE
| | Avcomstr.htm
| | AVCTRL09.ZIP
| | Avsetup.htm
| | Avtest.htm
| | AVTUT10.ZIP
| | AVTUT11.ZIP
| | AVTUT12.ZIP
| | Avvct.htm
| | av_sales.arj
| | av_tech.arj
| | AW120016.ZIP
| | AW120017.ZIP
| | descript.ion
| | DOWNLOAD.rar
| | dsk3-1.exe
| | dsk3-2.exe
| | dsk3-3.exe
| | dsk3-4.exe
| | files-2.bbs
| | inet_arvid.zip
| | INSTALL.BAT
| | IRC10.ZIP
| | PAFTDR11.ZIP
| | READ.ME
| | Recommnd.htm
| | Hassle.htm
| | ????????? ?????. ? ???????? ????? - ?????? - ???????? ???????? ????????.pdf
| | ??????????.pdf
| |
| +---ARVID1YS
| | | ARVID.BAT
| | | ARVID.CFG
| | | ARVID.MES
| | | ARVID31.EXE
| | | AV1-OS2.ICO
| | | AV2-OS2.ICO
| | | AV2-WIN.ICO
| | | AV3-OS2.ICO
| | | AV3-WIN.ICO
| | | AVBW.PAL
| | | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | | AVCOMSTR.BAT
| | | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | | AVIRC.BAT
| | | AVIRC.EXE
| | | AVLOADER.EXE
| | | AVRECOVR.BAT
| | | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | | AVSETUP.BAT
| | | AVSETUP.HLP
| | | AVSHELL.BAT
| | | AVSHELL.CFG
| | | AVSHELL.EXE
| | | AVSHELL.HLP
| | | AVTEST31.EXE
| | | AVVCR.EXE
| | | AVVCR.HLP
| | | CONTENT.PRT
| | | DELDESCR.EXE
| | | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | | FUNA5000.VCR
| | | README.1ST
| | | RTM.EXE
| | | VCRFILES.DAT
| | | VCRNAMES.DAT
| | | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | | _AVCOMST.EXE
| | | _AVIRC.EXE
| | | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | | _AVSETUP.EXE
| | |
| | ---DOC
| | | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| | | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | | AVIRC.DOC
| | | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | | AVSETUP.DOC
| | | AVTEST.DOC
| | | AVTO10.DOC
| | | AVTO20.DOC
| | | AVTO31.DOC
| | | AVVCR.DOC
| | | CHANGES.VER
| | | DELDESCR.DOC
| | | LICENCE.DOC
| | | PALETTE.DOC
| | | README.DOC
| | | RECOMMND.DOC
| | | SCART.TXT
| | | TROUBLE.LST
| | | VCT2VCR.DOC
| | |
| | ---ADVANCED
| | CABLES.TXT
| | K1031-1.HP
| | K1031-2.HP
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031API.TXT
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| |
| +---ARVID2YS
| | | ARVID.BAT
| | | ARVID.CFG
| | | ARVID.MES
| | | ARVID31.EXE
| | | AVBW.PAL
| | | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | | AVCOMSTR.BAT
| | | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | | AVIRC.BAT
| | | AVLOADER.EXE
| | | AVRECOVR.BAT
| | | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | | AVSETUP.BAT
| | | AVSETUP.HLP
| | | AVSHELL.BAT
| | | AVSHELL.CFG
| | | AVSHELL.EXE
| | | AVSHELL.HLP
| | | AVTEST31.EXE
| | | AVVCR.EXE
| | | AVVCR.HLP
| | | DELDESCR.COM
| | | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | | FUNA5000.VCR
| | | README.1ST
| | | RTM.EXE
| | | VCRFILES.DAT
| | | VCRNAMES.DAT
| | | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | | _AVCOMST.EXE
| | | _AVIRC.EXE
| | | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | | _AVSETUP.EXE
| | |
| | ---DOC
| | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | AVIRC.DOC
| | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | AVSETUP.DOC
| | AVTEST.DOC
| | AVTO10.DOC
| | AVTO20.DOC
| | AVTO31.DOC
| | AVVCR.DOC
| | CABLES.TXT
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DELDESCR.DOC
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031_1.01P
| | K1031_2.01P
| | LICENCE.DOC
| | PALETTE.DOC
| | README.DOC
| | RECOMMND.DOC
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| | TROUBLE.LST
| | VCT2VCR.DOC
| |
| +---ARVID346
| | ARVID10.ARJ
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | ARVID31.ARJ
| | ARVID_SA.TXT
| | ARVID_TI.TXT
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | INSTALL.PIF
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| | REALMODE.ARJ
| |
| +---ARVID52
| | +---D1
| | | ARV_1052.ARJ
| | |
| | ---D2
| | ARV_1052.A01
| |
| +---arwin018
| | ARVID.INF
| | AVINSTAL.EXE
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DATA.1
| | DATA.2
| | DISK1.ID
| | DISK2.ID
| | README.TXT
| | SETUP.INS
| | SETUP.PKG
| | _INST32I.EX_
| | _ISDEL.EXE
| | _SETUP.DLL
| | _SETUP.LIB
| |
| +---ARWIN110
| | ARVID.INF
| | AVINSTAL.EXE
| | DATA.1
| | DATA.2
| | DISK1.ID
| | DISK2.ID
| | README.TXT
| | SETUP.INS
| | SETUP.PKG
| | _INST32I.EX_
| | _ISDEL.EXE
| | _SETUP.DLL
| | _SETUP.LIB
| |
| +---DISK1
| | ARVID.INF
| | AVINSTAL.EXE
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DATA.1
| | DISK1.ID
| | README.TXT
| | SETUP.INS
| | SETUP.PKG
| | _INST32I.EX_
| | _ISDEL.EXE
| | _SETUP.DLL
| | _SETUP.LIB
| |
| +---DISK2
| | ARVID.TXT
| | ARVIDFAQ.ZIP
| | ARV_1052.A01
| | AVAUD09K.ZIP
| | COVER_B.DOC
| | COVER_F.DOC
| | MANUAL.DOC
| |
| +---DISK3
| | ARVID10.ARJ
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | ARVID31.ARJ
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| |
| +---DOC
| | ARVIDFAQ.TXT
| | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | AVIRC.DOC
| | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | AVSETUP.DOC
| | AVTEST.DOC
| | AVTO10.DOC
| | AVTO20.DOC
| | AVTO31.DOC
| | AVVCR.DOC
| | CABLES.TXT
| | CHANGES.VER
| | DELDESCR.DOC
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031_1.01P
| | K1031_2.01P
| | LICENCE.DOC
| | PALETTE.DOC
| | README.DOC
| | RECOMMND.DOC
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| | TROUBLE.LST
| | VCT2VCR.DOC
| |
| ---soft
| +---D1
| | ARWIN110.EXE
| |
| +---D2
| | ARVID346.EXE
| | ARWIN110.R00
| |
| ---D3
| ARVID346.R00
|
---? ???
+---DOS
| | ARVID20.ARJ
| | ARVID32.ARJ
| | ARVID_SA.TXT
| | AVSHELL.CFG
| | COMMON.ARJ
| | DIRINFO
| | DOC-RUSS.ARJ
| | FILE_ID.DIZ
| | HLP-RUSS.ARJ
| | INSTALL.CFG
| | INSTALL.EXE
| | LNG-ENGL.ARJ
| | LNG-RUSS.ARJ
| | README.1ST
| | VCR-DATA.ARJ
| |
| +---ADDENDUM
| | I430IORT.ZIP
| | RAWDISK.ZIP
| | TRITON2.ZIP
| |
| +---ARVID20
| | ARVID20.EXE
| | AVTEST20.EXE
| |
| +---ARVID32
| | ARVID32.EXE
| | AVTEST32.EXE
| |
| +---COMMON
| | ANSI2OEM.COD
| | AV1-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-OS2.ICO
| | AV2-WIN.ICO
| | AV3-OS2.ICO
| | AV3-WIN.ICO
| | AVBW.PAL
| | AVCOLOR.PAL
| | AVCONFIG.EXE
| | AVCOPIER.EXE
| | AVLOADER.EXE
| | AVSHELL.EXE
| | AVVCR.EXE
| | DELDESCR.EXE
| | DPMI16BI.OVL
| | RTM.EXE
| | VCT2VCR.EXE
| | _AVCOMSX.EXE
| | _AVIRC.EXE
| | _AVRECOV.EXE
| | _AVSETUP.EXE
| |
| +---DOC-RUSS
| | | ARVIDPO.DOC
| | | AVCOMSTR.DOC
| | | AVCONFIG.DOC
| | | AVIRC.DOC
| | | AVRECOVR.DOC
| | | AVSETUP.DOC
| | | AVTEST.DOC
| | | AVTO10.DOC
| | | AVTO20.DOC
| | | AVTO31.DOC
| | | AVVCR.DOC
| | | CHANGES.VER
| | | DELDESCR.DOC
| | | LICENCE.DOC
| | | PALETTE.DOC
| | | README.DOC
| | | RECOMMND.DOC
| | | TROUBLE.LST
| | | VCT2VCR.DOC
| | |
| | ---ADVANCED
| | 1031DESC.TXT
| | 1051DESC.TXT
| | 1052DESC.TXT
| | AVTFMT.TXT
| | CABLES.TXT
| | HINTS.TXT
| | K1031.TXT
| | K1031_1.01P
| | K1031_2.01P
| | K1052.TXT
| | K1052_1.01P
| | K1052_2.01P
| | SCART.TXT
| | TDRFMT.TXT
| |
| +---HLP-RUSS
| | AVRECOVR.HLP
| | AVSETUP.HLP
| | AVSHELL.HLP
| | AVVCR.HLP
| |
| +---LNG-ENGL
| | ARVID.MES
| |
| +---LNG-RUSS
| | ARVID.MES
| |
| ---VCR-DATA
| VCRFILES.DAT
| VCRNAMES.DAT
|
---WIN95
+---DISK1
| ARVID.INF
| AVINSTAL.EXE
| CHANGES.VER
| DATA.1
| DISK1.ID
| README.TXT
| SETUP.INS
| SETUP.PKG
| _INST32I.EX_
| _ISDEL.EXE
| _SETUP.DLL
| _SETUP.LIB
|
---DISK2
| DATA.2
| DISK2.ID
|
---ADDENDUM
| ARVIDFAQ.ZIP
| AVDRAW09.ZIP
| D2TDR11.ZIP
| SYNCTAP2.ZIP
| TDRACE12.ZIP
| TDRSHL40.ZIP
| VARVID1B.ZIP
| VCRNAME.ZIP
|
+---ARVIDFAQ
| ARVIDERR.TXT
| ARVIDFAQ.TXT
|
+---AVDRAW09
| AVDRAW.CFG
| AVDRAW.DOC
| AVDRAW.EXE
| COMMENT
| DESCRIPT.ION
| DISCLAIM.ERS
| FILE_ID.DIZ
| HTTP.WWW
| TST_DRAW.TXT
|
+---D2TDR11
| DIR2TDR.DOC
| DIR2TDR.EXE
| FILE_ID.DIZ
|
+---SYNCTAP2
| DEXCL
| README
| SYNC.BAT
| SYNCTAPE.EXE
|
+---TDRACE12
| FILE_ID.DIZ
| INSTALL.EXE
| TA.DOC
| TA.EXE
|
+---TDRSHL40
| FILE_ID.DIZ
| TDR.EXE
| TDRSHELL.DOC
| WHATSNEW
|
+---VARVID1B
| ARVID.INF
| ARVIDW95.DOC
| FILE_ID.DIZ
| REGFORM.TXT
| VARVID.386
| VARVID.REG
| VARVID.TXT
|
---VCRNAME
README
VCR.C
VCR.EXE
Endgame
In the summertime of 1998 PO KSI stopped producing the ArVid.
Later that 12 months, an article in the Russian computer journal “Computerra”🇷🇺 claimed that ArVid dropped in reputation as a result of HDD storage and CD-R drives grew to become cheaper. That article’s writer, Andrei Fatkullin, identified that ArVid by no means achieved an “economic system of scale”. It was all the time priced at round $80 USD when the alternate options steadily acquired cheaper. (For example, the most recent ArVid price $79 in 1994🇷🇺 and $90 in 1997🇷🇺 whereas nonetheless doing the identical basic “job”.)
I believe Fatkullin is right about the reason for ArVid’s demise. From my vantage level in 2023 I can see that storage prices have been declining predictably – at this time $82 USD will get you a 2 Terabyte solid-state exhausting drive. Heck, for $8 USD you will get 128 GB of storage on a USB Stick. This doesn’t depart any house for a clunky information storage on VHS for $80…
An individual who might’ve predicted this decline in worth would see {that a} product on this house has a “built-in retirement date”. VHS all the time had an higher restrict on capability: PO KSI claimed it was 3.34GB for a 3-hour tape. The final ArVid machine hit that ceiling at 325 Kbytes/sec. Utilizing VHS tapes and unreliable home VCRs for information storage was a brief measure. Your own home VCR couldn’t compete with a purpose-built industrial machine. It was all only a good hack that permit individuals in a dirt-poor nation get large storage for pennies.
Even within the peak years of 1994-1997 ArVid couldn’t be greater than a distinct segment product: the typical shopper couldn’t even get their palms on 2GB value of digital “stuff”. Why would you want a 2GB backup resolution when your total exhausting drive is simply 500 MB in measurement? The “candy spot” for ArVid was a small enterprise or an instructional group – entities that may drop ArVid and “graduate” to a extra “skilled” backup resolution as quickly as they might.
Within the Sannata forums🇷🇺, person “ASL” says that ArVid was a product that was largely utilized by the Fido7 crowd, a small group:
In these occasions, the Trio64 price 40 bucks, whereas the primary Pentium was 100. Throughout our first 12 months on the college, out of our class (120 individuals), solely 5 college students had a pc. Solely those that actually wanted it will pay 100 for an archiving board. And even then, you had to find out about it (details about it largely circulated amongst Fido community customers). And that was not lots of people.
One other issue slowing its unfold: this was not a user-friendly machine. It required ability to arrange, to “prepare” for working together with your VCR, and to troubleshoot the number of points that cropped up alongside the way in which…
As for the makers of ArVid, the PO KSI firm:
PO KSI remains to be round they usually have a website. They claim that 200,000 ArVid boards were manufactured🇷🇺 however that assertion is hotly contested🇷🇺 based mostly on the evaluation of serial numbers on the units. PO KSI all the time had a number of product traces to depend on, like digital doc scanning tools and satellite tv for pc pictures units.
This story doesn’t have a cheerful ending.
Russia has a sickly economic system, and it doesn’t have Rule of Law. Entrepreneurs have to search out stability and safety from violence – and one of the best ways to take action is to get in mattress with the federal government (the oh-so-sexy government). If you dig deeper, you’ll uncover that PO KSI has gone on to produce equipment for the Russian Census and for the military🇷🇺. In December 2016, the US White House sanctioned the company for offering specialised coaching to Russia’s GRU spy company.
Put up-Soviet Russia within the Nineties was a wild and violent place. For budding pc lovers, this was an thrilling time. A time when it was lastly attainable to get your palms on western know-how. A time to take your rightful place on the worldwide Web. The shortage of cash meant that you just needed to get ingenious – the ArVid backup system was a shining instance of this inventiveness, care and ability that might thrive in a chaotic setting.
However no quantity of technical means can change the truth of politics, energy and even the nationwide character of Russia. As I write this in 2023, Russian technologists can’t escape the identical bleak decisions going through abnormal Russians: escape, disguise, persevere… or collaborate and prosper.
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Was ArVid the primary of its form?
No. There have been a number of Western merchandise that attempted to perform the identical factor. Storing information on magnetic tape was not a brand new factor: tape was popular in the days of mainframes, and is still used today. It’s a low-cost and dependable storage medium.
Storing information on home VHS tapes was the innovation right here. It was additionally a logical subsequent step from industrial tape know-how, however just a few corporations tried it and it ended up as a distinct segment curiosity.
There’s a lengthy historical past of storing information on media meant for domestic music playback. The Commodore Datasette units and the cassette drives for the Atari 400/800 computer systems used audio cassettes for information storage:
For individuals who are curious to study extra about digital information storage on analog cassettes, this Wikipedia page is a good starting point. The principle precept is that information ones-and-zeroes will be was audio or video alerts and saved identical to a music or a film.
An extreme example of using a domestic medium for data is the “Floppy ROM” – a versatile turntable document that arrived as {a magazine} insert. You may put it in your document participant, and “play” the packages on it into your pc. (Here it is on video – you possibly can see how skinny and mushy it’s)
Shifting from audio media to VHS tape, the Corvus “Mirror” machine was one which could store 91 megabytes of data on a 3-hour tape. In 1980 Corvus filed patent US4380047A for the machine. From the Corvus Mirror manual, it seems that the product was in-market in 1984.
Youtuber Technology Connections has a great video about the early days of storing high-fidelity digital audio on VHS tape. At time 13:57, you possibly can see how successfully correct error-correction algorithms compensated for errors on tape. The audio sign sounds nice regardless of Alec’s intentional interference with it. This is the reason the ArVid’s software program had so many error management measures.
The Danmere Backer was typically in comparison with the ArVid. It might retailer 1.5 GB on a 3-hour VHS tape in regular mode and 3GB in long-play. Apparently, it confirmed a “file identifier” on display screen that can assist you manually ahead the tape to the exact spot the place your file was saved.
Extra about the Danmere Backer system in this video by Lazy Game Reviews.
One other competitor within the PC market was the Alpha Micro Videotrax (from Foone on Twitter):
Honourable mentions go to the Commodore Whizzard, the Amiga VBS (Video Backup System), Magurex VBS, Lyppens VBS (see this webpage on Lyppens) and the Rossmöller Handshake Video Backup System.
Counterfeits
A passive-aggressive rant within the ArVid FAQ paperwork talked about that PO KSI needed to take care of “faux” ArVid playing cards. It seems that older playing cards – those that weren’t based mostly on an FPGA microchip – could possibly be hand-soldered from commonplace parts.
Discussion board person “Vintik_33” on the Sannata boards claims that they participated in a hoop that made fake etched plates and soldered ArVid clones from components🇷🇺.
The place would individuals purchase this machine within the 90s?
I spent a very long time determining how PO KSI marketed these units to the general public. There have been no journal adverts. Only some spammy posts on Fido7… There have been about 5 approved sellers of the product listed within the FAQs – with most of them showing to be people, moderately than companies. One endearing factor I discovered was a BBS file with costs and instructions to the house of Mikel Lavrentyev, the first vendor:
In a single discussion board dialogue, a person backed their opinion that ArVid had restricted gross sales by stating “I visited Mikel’s place to select up my machine – and it didn’t appear like the house of a high-earning businessman”.
I consider that information of this product unfold by phrase of mouth. Particularly amongst BBS operators. Mikel, specifically, appeared to be a key member of the Fido7 community of technologists and would have been a part of the social scene within the 90s. This methodology of promoting would’ve been nice for staying beneath the radar of native criminals, however horrible for attracting the general public’s enterprise…
How a lot will an ArVid price me at this time?
These days (the 12 months 2023 – when males have been horses, and horses knew the worth of a nickel), a 1052 card sells for $10USD on Meshok.web. I additionally noticed an previous pc with an ArVid put in on sale for 18,500 Roubles – about $205 USD – on Avito.ru. You possibly can search Avito, Meshok and Youla.ru for the Russian phrase “Арвид” to search out it.
Russia is beneath monetary sanctions, so you could have bother paying for the machine and getting it shipped. You may need higher luck on the lookout for one on Ukrainian websites. Again within the 90s there was an official vendor in Kiev so there could be a couple of floating round. Stunningly, although Ukraine is a warzone I’ve been capable of get eBay-bought objects from Ukrainian sellers. With real-time cargo monitoring and all!
Appendix: checklist of machine fashions
The technical specs are primarily from the 2001 version of Arvid.ru, with some notes from me.
| Arvid 600 Was the primary mannequin, probably inside. Labored solely with Toshiba VS-109CZ and used solely the VCR’s time place indexing. However with a transfer in direction of supporting quite a lot of VCRs, Arvid couldn’t depend on that being current or to work effectively. “[AD] The very first Arvids (Arvid-600 mannequin) used solely index search. Nonetheless, they have been initially designed just for VCR fashions Toshiba VS-109CZ, which occurred to be within the KSI because of a sure batch. The index search there was fairly dependable. The one limitation was that the recording size shouldn’t be lower than a minute (in every single place – nearer marks merely wouldn’t be acknowledged as separate). On the whole, every little thing labored fairly effectively.” |
| Arvid 1000 Talked about in a copyright discover from 1993-1995. No additional particulars. |
| Arvid 1010 velocity & tape format: 100kb/sec (tdr); {hardware} buffer: 4kb software program assist: DOS solely system necessities: free ISA bus slot; one I/O ports (220h); one IRQ (10) energy necessities: 8 VA |
| Arvid 1020 velocity & tape format: 100kb/sec (tdr), 200kb/sec (tdr/avt) {hardware} buffer: none software program assist: DOS solely system necessities: free ISA bus slot; one DMA channel (5, 6* ,7); one IRQ (10, 11*, 12, 15) energy necessities: 8 VA |
| Arvid 1031 velocity & tape format: 100kb/sec (tdr), 200kb/sec (tdr/avt) {hardware} buffer: 64kb software program assist: DOS, Home windows 95, Home windows NT system necessities: free ISA bus slot; one I/O port (310h, 330h, 350h*, …, 3F0h); one IRQ (10, 11*, 12, 15) energy necessities: 0.5 VA |
| Arvid 1051 velocity & tape format: 100kb/sec (tdr), 200kb/sec (tdr/avt), 325kb/sec (avt) {hardware} buffer: 128kb software program assist: DOS, Home windows 95, Home windows NT system necessities: free ISA bus slot; one I/O port (310h, 330h, 350h, …, 3F0h); one IRQ (10, 11, 12, 15) energy necessities: 0.5 VA |
| Arvid 1052 velocity & tape format: 100kb/sec (tdr), 200kb/sec (tdr/avt), 325kb/sec (avt) (The ArVid FAQ says that by way of density, 325kb/sec is the utmost attainable for family VCRs) {hardware} buffer: 512kb software program assist: DOS, Home windows 95, Home windows NT system necessities: free ISA bus slot; one I/O port (310h, 330h, 350h, …, 3F0h); one IRQ (10, 11, 12, 15) energy necessities: 0.5 VA |