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- Short: McCloud: simple and quick command to hide a floppy disk!
- Uploader: mc2990@mclink.it (Mario Mure')
- Author: Roberto Bizzarri, 2:332/901.31@fidonet
- Type: disk/misc
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- * M c C l o u d v 1 . 1 *
- ***************************
- Written by Roberto Bizzarri © 1995
- English doc by Phalanx
- (Freeware)
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- I N T R O D U C T I O N
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- McCloud will forbid any floppy disk access on the specified disk. It
- will likely be useful in case you don't want unskilled people to jam with
- your disks. McCloud won't provide you any data encryption, it just
- modifies the specified disk's bootblock to render it invisible to your
- computer.
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- The reason why I decided only to modify the bootblock is principally
- the security: should the disk present any read/write error, you'll get
- your datas back with a common program like DiskSalv, QBTools and so on,
- while a full encryption might be more unhandy. Anyway McCloud's aim is
- just to protect a bit your disks, not to grant full security.
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- U S A G E
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- McCloud MUST be launched via CLI/Shell (WB launch will be ignored).
- It uses DF0: as default; the command line accepts "DF1" to act on that
- device, and "BUSY" to make the system read the disk under a "<DF0:BUSY>"
- icon.
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- McCloud won't ask for confirmation, once launched. It will act like a
- switch on the present disk; if you insert a 'ghosted' disk, McCloud will
- restore its life. :)
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- If you insert in any drive a disk protected by McCloud, no icon will
- appear, and, if asked via CLI/Shell, the Amiga will confirm the absence of
- any disk in your drive! Magical, isn't it? :)
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- F U T U R E
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- If you use McCloud and you are likely to see any new feature, feel
- free to let me know your requests via e-mail (fidonet preferable). Thus
- I'll be more happy to continue its developing.
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- The next version will see much probably an optional password
- request/check.
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- A U T H O R
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- You can look for me on:
- Nightmare BBS ~ 0721-21317 (Italy!)
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- Fidonet address:
- Roberto Bizzarri ~ 2:332/901.31 <- (best here)
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- Internet address:
- Roberto.Bizzarri@p31.f901.n332.z2.Fidonet.Org
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- Snail Mail:
- Bizzarri Roberto,
- via Giolitti 124,
- 61100 Pesaro ~ Italy
- (Tel. 0721-455324)
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