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AcoPass V1.00F
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Description
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AcoPass is a program designed for the Acorn PocketBook I/II range of
machines (although it will also run on the Psion Series 3/3a machines).
It supplies access to the machine password protection that exists on
the Psion machines but was removed from the Acorn machines.
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WARNING AND DISCLAIMER
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IF YOU USE THIS PROGRAM AND SUBSEQUENTLY FORGET YOUR PASSWORD, YOU
WILL HAVE TO PERFORM A HARD RESET (e.g. REMOVING ALL BATTERIES) AND
RISK THE LOSS OF ALL DATA. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
(FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE) FOR ANY SUCH SITUATION. USE THIS PROGRAM
AT YOUR OWN RISK AND PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE READ THIS DOCUMENTATION
FILE FULLY BEFORE USING THE PROGRAM.
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Installation
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Copy the file acopass.app to a directory on the machine (such as
M:\APP\) and then choose the "Install" option from the system screen.
A "door" icon should appear.
Usage
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Select the AcoPass icon, and press Enter. You will be presented with
an information dialog. Press Enter to pass this. If you have previously
set a password, you will be asked to type this in before you can
continue. You will then be presented with the main options dialog.
The "Password set" field controls whether or not the password screen
will be displayed when you turn the machine on.
The "New password" and "Confirm password" fields are used to alter
(or set) the current password. To set the current password, type the
same word (up to 8 characters long) into both the fields, and then
press Enter. If both fields match, the program will exit and the password
will be set.
Pressing the Escape key on any dialog will cause the program to exit
without altering the current setting.
Pressing the Help key on any dialog will cause the program to display
help information.
Machine on Password Screen
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If you set the "Password set" field to "On", every time the machine is
switched on, you will be required to enter the password before the machine
can be used (or just press Enter if no password is set). The machine's
"Set owner" data will also be displayed on this screen.
If a password is set, THERE IS NO WAY PAST THIS SCREEN. You will need to
reset your machine should you forget the password! Remember, take backups
regularly
Altering "Password set" setting alone
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If you wish to alter the "Password set" field without altering the password,
change it to the desired state and press Enter. If there is nothing in the
password fields, the program will ask if you wish to clear the current
password and you should reply N for no. The program will then exit without
altering the current password.
Clearing password
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If you set a password, but turn off the startup screen, and at a later
date you wish to turn it on, but you have forgotten the password you
earlier set, you will not be able to use the password function until
the machine has been reset.
If you intend turning off the password function, but using it at a later
date, you should ensure that no password has been set.
You can clear any current passord by not filling in the two password
fields (New and Confirm) with anything, and then pressing Enter.
The program will ask if you wish to clear the current password, and you
should reply Y for yes. The program will then exit having cleared the
current password.
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Bug reports / Comments
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Send any bug reports or comments to the author (Andrew Baldwin)
at either of the following e-mail address:
firecrest@zarquon.demon.co.uk
baldwina@cix.compulink.co.uk
(or just "baldwina" on CiX)
Alternatively, the author may be contacted by (snail) mail at the
following address:
Andrew Baldwin
2 Caernarvon Walk,
Swindon,
Wiltshire,
SN3 1HS
England
however, response is far more likely to e-mail inquiries.
Legal status
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This program (refering to the archive file "acopass.zip") is FREEWARE.
That means it may be distributed by any means except those explicitly
stated by the author in this document.
The program MAY NOT BE DE-COMPILED OR IN ANY WAY ALTERED.
It may be distributed on commercial or non-commercial electronic
networks (such as CiX, Compuserve, and also the Internet), and
through libraries (such as 3-Lib) on floppy disk only,
although no charge apart from distribution costs should be made.
There is no implied or stated guarantee as to the programs worthiness
in performing the stated functions and the author will not be held
responsible for the results of any defects in the program.
The file "acopass.zip" (or the contained files "acopass.app" or
"acopass.doc") MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED ON CD-ROM or similar medium
without the written consent of the author (address above).
Thanks
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Thanks go to David Wood at Psion (dw2@cix) whom without the help of which
the program could not have been written.
Thanks to Psion for the SDK and their lovely object oriented C system
which was used to write this program.
Thanks also to the two Beta testers:
Stephen John Hennigan <hennigsj@team.demon.co.uk> - PocketBook
Scott A. McIntyre <scott@cocacola.whoi.edu> - PocketBook II
and finally...
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FireCrest software *is* Andrew Baldwin.
Look out for more useful (and not so useful) FireCrest products
in the near future....