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The Cipher-Ace Series
(C)1991 by Charles W. Stewart (407) 855-6148
FOR HARD DRIVE USERS:
FIRST, MAKE BACKUPS ON YOUR OWN DISKETTES
ONLY THEN:
D:> MD CA : MAKE A DIRECTORY
D:> CD CA : CHANGE DIRECTORY TO CA
D:>\CA> COPY A:*.* : COPY ALL CIPHER-ACE FILES TO NEW DIRECTORY
: COPY YOUR COMMAND.COM FILE TO NEW DIRECTORY
USE MASTMENU.BAT TO EXECUTE A CIPHER-ACE PROGRAM
You may make an autoexec.bat file for program control. If so, include
your favorite wordprocessor, WORDSTAR, SIDEKICK, etc.
FOR FLOPPY USERS:
FIRST, MAKE BACKUPS ON YOUR OWN DISKETTES
ONLY THEN: make a HARDCOPY of MASTMENU.BAT file for reference !!!
You will have no further use for any of the .BAT files.
Format ONE new diskette for EACH cipher.com program that you have.
Put a new blank disk in DRIVE A: for each cipher-type.
FORMAT A:/S : creates new system disk
: put cipher disk in drive A:
: put new disk in drive B: else drive A:
COPY filename.COM drive: : drive = B: if two drive system else A:
COPY *.nn drive: : nn = cipher number
COPY README.nn drive:
COPY README.GEN drive:
COPY CATESTS.COM drive:
COPY CASTATS.COM drive:
COPY LICENSE.TXT drive:
COPY READING.TXT drive:
Label each new cipher disk with cipher-name & cipher #
Safely store away the original distribution disks.
Put a cipher disk in drive A:
To execute, type the ciphername.
Follow the work-page menu A-E options.
You may customize LICENSE.TXT (40 bytes MAX) with a name or nom.
We would very much appreciate your comments and critique on each cipher,
but only after you are well used to the system. We want the Cipher-Ace
Series to be the best programs available, and with your help we may
achieve this. Is there any other service, product or publication that
you might find useful, that we could add to our product line?
First time users:
Hard disk: Bring up the drive and directory containing Cipher-Ace.
Type MASTMENU to bring up Menu of Cipher Types. Select a
cipher to use. If cipher is not available, returns to Menu.
Floppy: Insert the desired cipher-type diskette in drive A:. Type the
cipher name, (.EXT not necessary).
You may use a DATA disk (no system) in drive B: if available.
Just remember to use the drive letter in accessing data files.
If you only have drive A:, then the cipher disk will rapidly fill
as each new message occupies 4K of disk space.
After the cipher loads and initializes, bring up cipher main menu by
hitting any key. To load a message, select option 'A'.
This main menu is as follows:
A. selects a message for the work session
B. diplays all messages of this cipher-type, and first part of the
plaintext message, indicating whether already solved.
C. readme or help files, this cipher, general, sources
D. disk directory
E. enter a CT message for saving in the Cipher-Ace format
F. quit to MASTMENU, menu of all cipher types
G.
H. encipher a PT message, entry via keyboard or a disk text file
I. creates a disk text file from any message file
This work-page format is followed for all cipher types.
Lines 1-3: work-page-menu: The following is normal but may be modified;
A. selects a PT/CT equivalant pair for insertion
B. varies according to cipher type
C. set period (for periodics)
D. input trial word(s) for placement into the message
E. sub-options
A. save all messages in memory back to disk with work-in-progress
B. caesarize enciphered tips - run down the alphabet
C. add another message-run CHI tests, flip memory messages
D. PHI test to determine period of polyalphabetics
E. hardcopy - printout current message
F. SIG-INT data file, view or modify
G. directory menu of files in directory
H.
I. readme or help file,
A. help file for the cipher type executing, with references
B. Readme.GEN, common file for all cipher types
C. Reading.TXT, sources of further information
Z. quit to MASTMENU
If you have a word-processor, callable by a HOT-KEY, you may want a file
called SOLS for example, to save 1. keywords found, 2. PT start of
message, etc. You could then delete the message file to conserve disk
space. You could also make a text file from the CT portion of the solved
message and save this, in order to keep a message but in condensed form.