Super Save is an easy-to-use control panel which allows you to save every keystroke you make. As you type away in your favorite word processor, Super Save will be saving every keystroke you make to a save file in your System folder. This allows Super Save to be an integral part of your data protection strategy.
Instructions
Install Super Save into your Control Panels folder and restart. Super Save will create a folder in your System folder titled ╥Super Save ─.╙ In this folder Super Save will save the files that will contain a record of your keystrokes. Super Save creates one save file per day, and each of these files has it╒s creation date appended to it╒s name.
Super Save is a ╥fat╙ system extension. That is, the saving code runs native on a Power PC. Super Save displays a small red triangle in it╒s start up icon if it loads a the Power PC native code.
The Super Save control panel options are listed below. Please note that you may also turn on Balloon Help in the Super Save control panel in order to get a quick explanation of each of these options.
Activate Keystroke Saving: Turns Super Save on and off
Keystroke buffer size: This controls the actual size of the keystroke memory buffer used to save keystrokes. When this buffer get╒s full, Super Save saves the buffer to the current save file. Higher numbers inprove System performance with less writes to the disk, but, if a System crash occurs, you may lose up to the number of keystrokes you specify here.
Days before deleting file: Super Save will manage the save files in the Super Save folder for you. Specify here the maximum number of days you want to keep a save file around. Super Save will delete a file when it becomes this old. File deletion is only done at System startup time. You may set this option to zero to turn off the automatic file deletion.
Save file creator: Specifies the ╥creating╙ application for the save file. If you have an application you would like to see on this list, just send it my way and I will add it.
Activate only for selected applications: Tells Super Save to be active only when an application from a user specified application list is currently the front process. This is useful if you are only concerned about saving keystrokes when, for example, you are using word processor.
Set Applications: Set up the application list for the above option.
Password Bypass Toggle: Under this heading are two options that are used in controling the password bypass feature in Super Save. The password bypass feature allows you to temporarily tuen off Super Save╒s keystroke recording so that you can enter a password or someother sensative data with out worry that it will be recorded to the save file. The first option governs the keystroke that will be used to temporarily shut off Super Save. Please note that what ever key your enter in here must be pressed at the same time with the Command and Option keys in are to start the pasword bypass. Also note that the key you enter in here is case sensative. That is, if you enter the letter ╒p╒, your keystroke would be <command>-<option>-<p>; but if you enter the letter ╒P╒ (note the case difference), your keystroke would be <command>-<option>-<shift>-<p>. The second option under the Paswword Bypass Toggle heading is Keys Until Toggle On. Here you set the number of keystrokes that Super Save will skip before activating again. Please ensure that you set this number large enough so that all of your passwords will ╥fit╙ in the number of keystrokes that Super Save will skip. Super Save will play a keystoke sound at the start and the end of the password bypass period. When you hear the second keystroke sound, be aware that all keystrokes are being recorded again.
I Paid My Shareware Fee!: Check this checkbox only after you have paid for Super Save.
Contacting the Author
You may contact the author by e-mail at mailto:kamprath@kagi.com.
Shareware Information
Super Save is not free. If you decide to use Super Save, please pay the US$10.00 shareware fee. To do this, launch the Register program included in the Super Save package. It allows the shareware fee to be paid with check, money order, credit card, or cash. Please follow Register╒s instructions, print out your receipt, and send your payment to the address specified in Register.
If you are on CompuServe, you may also register Super Save online. GO SWREG and follow the instructions. Super Save╒s product ID is 7595.
Please supply an e-mail address when registering; this allows me to keep you notified of updates. Also, if you want to receive a ╥thank you╙ letter and invoice from me directly, please include your postal address when registering.
The Super Save package may be distributed freely as long as it is kept intact. Organizations who distribute shareware for commercial purposes (such as CD ROM archives), must make their customers fully aware that they still must register Super Save with me by paying the seperate shareware fee. These organiztions must also notify me of their inclusion of Super Save in their archives.
WARRANTY
USE OF THIS PRODUCT, SUPER SAVE, IMPLIES THAT YOU WILL HOLD MICHAEL F. KAMPRATH HARMLESS TO ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS PRODUCT. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT MICHAEL F. KAMPRATH CAN NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY OTHER DAMAGES YOU MAY INCUR BY THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT. MICHAEL F. KAMPRATH PROVIDES NO WARRANTY, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, OF THIS PRODUCT, INCLUDING IT╒S MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
Future Plans
I plan to improve Super Save in the following ways:
1. Add options to allow Super Save to tell the front application to save it╒s documents.
2. Convert to a System 8 compatible version when System 8 is released.
If you have any other suggestions for improvements, I would love to hear them. Please e-mail them to me at the address listed about.
Release information
v1.0.0, 16 September 1995: Initital release of Super Save.
v1.0.1, 20 September 1995: Made Super Save a ╥fat╙ system extension. Added code to check to see if the save file does indeed exist before writing to it. This protects against problems if the user removes the current save file from the save folder. Changed the ╥Keystrokes before save╙ option to ╥Keystroke buffer size╙ due to user feedback (I do listen!).
v1.1.0, 6 November 1995: Added a Password Bypass feature and an option to have Super Save never delete the save files.
v1.1.1, 26 November 1995: Slowed down the number picker CDEFs in the control panel.
v1.1.2, 30 November 1995: Fixed the new number picker CDEFs so they worked properly on a 680x0 Mac.
v1.1.3, 14 December 1995: Decreased the size of the control panel so that it would display properly on Mac Classics.
