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- Read Me Document For << Cipher 1.0 >> Feb 1995
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- To use this program you will only need an A500 or greater with W1.3 or
- greater, as far as memory goes you will only need as much memory as the file
- you are going to encrypt + about 60K.
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- What It Does
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- It allows the user to encrypt any file with password protection, to decipher
- the file the user must have the password for that file, each file can have
- its own 8-letter password.
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- The Window
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- +------------------------------------------------+
- | [ Mode ](1) [ Go !! ](4) +--------------+
- | | |
- | [Password](2) [ Exit2DOS ](5) | (7) |
- | | |
- | [ File ](3) Status : (9) +--------------+
- | +---------+|
- | [ (6) ] |About (8)||
- | +---------+|
- +------------------------------------------------+
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- (1) Changes the operation mode from Encrypt To Decipher and vice versa.
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- (2) Enter a password, any file will use this password until the password
- is changed. Any ASCII character can be used here.
- N.B. The password MUST be 8 characters long, if it isn't then capital
- X's will be added to fill the spaces.
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- (3) Clicking on this button will bring up a file requester, choose the
- file to encrypt/decipher.
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- (4) If Mode = Encrypt ; The program will load the file, encrypt it and
- then save it back to disk.
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- If Mode = Decipher; The program will load the file and ask you to
- type in the password, if it is correct the
- program will continue and decipher the file back
- to disk.
-
- (5) Exits the program.
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- (6) The current file to operate on is displayed here.
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- (7) The current free memory and current file size is displayed here.
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- (8) Click here to read about the Author.
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- (9) Displays the current status while operating on files.
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- Error Messages
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- Message Cause
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- Cannot Encrypt, No Password | The program will only encrypt if a
- | password is given
- Cannot Locate File | The program cannot access the file
- | (check the file exists)
- Cannot Decipher File | The file hasn't been encrypted with
- | this program!!
- File Is Already Encrypted | You cannot encrypt a file which has
- | already been encrypted!!
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- The save file will be 13 bytes longer when encrypted. This is the password
- and a 4 byte identifier.
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- Send any bug reports and ideas to :
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- Paul Alan Freshney
- 8 Richmond Close
- Balderton
- Notts.
- NG24 3EX.
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- Tel : 01636 702635
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- This Version 1.0 on 6th February 1995
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