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- Password v1.00
- Copyright 1990 by Albert F. Nurick
-
- Brought to you by
-
- Nurick Design
- P.O. Box 202006
- Austin, Texas 78720
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- > What is Password?
-
- Password is a small utility designed
- to provide a reasonable measure of
- security to owners of "palmtop"
- computers, such as the Atari Portfolio
- and similar systems. It was developed
- for the Portfolio, but should work on
- all compatible systems.
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- > How do I use Password?
-
- To use Password, simply insert a line
- calling it in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
- For example, to set your password to
- "secret", your AUTOEXEC.BAT might look
- like this:
-
- echo off
- cls
- password secret
- app
-
- When you power up (or reboot), Password
- waits for you to type in a password.
- If you enter the correct password,
- the system continues as usual. If
- you enter an incorrect password,
- a message is displayed, and you can
- try again.
-
- You can't Ctrl-C out of Password.
- You can, however, Ctrl-C out of your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT before Password loads.
- On most palmtops, AUTOEXEC runs from
- a RAM drive, so breaking out before
- PASSWORD is unlikely. To make it
- even more unlikely, add the line
-
- break=off
-
- at the start of your CONFIG.SYS
- file.
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- > What does Password cost?
-
- Password is a shareware program. It
- is supported and enhanced by your
- donations.
-
- You are free to evaluate Password for
- a 30 day period at no charge. You may
- also duplicate it and share it with
- your friends, provided you do not
- change the program or this document
- file.
-
- If you like Password and find it to be
- useful, please send a $19.95 donation
- for each copy in use to:
-
- Nurick Design
- P.O. Box 202006
- Austin, Texas 78720
-
- Your comments and suggestions are
- welcome as well.
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