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Documentation for Quick Lock 1.2
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(C) 1990 by Branch Always Software - Ignac A. Kolenko
This release contains QUIKLOCK.ACC version 1.2 and QUIKLCK.PRG version 1.2
as well as this documentation file, QUIKLOCK.DOC. All three must be
distributed together.
Quick Lock is freeware. You may copy and distribute it at will, but
you may NOT sell it.
Quick Lock runs on any ST, color or mono, with TOS in ROM.
Quick Lock is an auto folder program and accessory developed for
protecting ALL drives connected to your ST: hard drive partitions,
floppies and even ram disks.
To use Quick Lock, firstly copy QUIKLCKA.PRG to your auto folder. This\
step is crucial since Quick Lock is useless without it! Placement
within the auto folder is not important, but we recommend for maximum
protection, it should go first. Also, you may want to write protect
it so that it cannot be deleted later by unscrupulous persons!
QUIKLCKA.PRG will attempt to read LOCK.LCK from the root directory of your
boot disk in order to set up the initial drive protection configuration.
If there is no LOCK.LCK file, then no drives will be protected.
Next, copy QUIKLOCK.ACC to your boot disk. When Quick Lock
is selected from the desk accessory menu bar, a dialog box will
appear, and the screen colors will change to white, black, red and green
(on a color monitor only!). Clicking repeatedly on an active drive button
will cause the drive button to aquire the different modes that this
accessory supports, namely:
white button: drive is unprotected
light grey button: drive is write protected, but can still read
dark grey button: drive is fully read/write protected
QUIKLOCK.ACC will also read LOCK.LCK to obtain password information. If
you have previously saved LOCK.LCK with a password, you will be prompted
to enter it the first time you access Quick Lock from the menu bar. See
later in this documentation on how to enter and save password/protection
information.
WP All will write protect all drives. LK All will lock all drives.
Unlock All will restore your system to a normal, unprotected state.
Help, Info and Exit, obviously, do as expected.
Password allows you to enter a maximum 8 character password to allow
further protection of your system. A system which has never been
password protected has a password of simply the 'Return' key.
You will be prompted to enter your old password first, then the
new password, and finally the new password one more time for
confirmation.
After entering your password, it can be saved with the current
protection configuration when you choose Save. Load will load any
*.LCK file (lock files), thus you can easily change protection
configurations at any time. The password at the time the .LCK file was
created will also be loaded at this time. Saving LOCK.LCK to your
boot disk's root directory will allow that configuration to be automatically
loaded upon the next reboot.
PW Exit acts just like Exit, but forces you to enter your password the
next time you access this desk accessory. Thus you can password protect
your configuration so that when you leave your system alone, you
can be assured that no one else can change the protection attributes
without your permission!
QUIKLOCK.ACC may be renamed to QUIKLOCK.PRG and can be used as a
program at any time to quickly change protection attributes.
Well, that's about all I can say about this utility, except, USE IT.
Also available from Branch Always Software:
Quick ST - Software Screen Accelerator
Only $19.95 - see your favorite Atari ST dealer
Correspondence:
Branch Always Software
Box 2624, Station B
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 6N2
Canada
You can reach us by modem on the following networks:
Ignac Kolenko:
watmath!watcgl!electro!brasoft!mailbox
watmath!watcgl!electro!ignac
Darek Mihocka:
Compuserve: 73657,2714
BIX, Delphi, GEnie: DAREKM
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* Watch for our new product press release March 2, 1990. *
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Come to our booth at the Second Canadian Atari Users Convention,
April 1 1990, Airport Hilton International Hotel, Toronto, Ont. Canada
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