Short: McCloud: simple and quick command to hide a floppy disk! Author: Roberto Bizzarri, 2:332/901.31@fidonet Uploader: mc2990@mclink.it (Mario Mure') Type: disk/misc *************************** * M c C l o u d v 1 . 1 * *************************** Written by Roberto Bizzarri © 1995 English doc by Phalanx (Freeware) I N T R O D U C T I O N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. 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. U S A G E ~~~~~~~~~ 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 "" icon. 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. :) 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? :) F U T U R E ~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. The next version will see much probably an optional password request/check. A U T H O R ~~~~~~~~~~~ You can look for me on: Nightmare BBS ~ 0721-21317 (Italy!) Fidonet address: Roberto Bizzarri ~ 2:332/901.31 <- (best here) Internet address: Roberto.Bizzarri@p31.f901.n332.z2.Fidonet.Org Snail Mail: Bizzarri Roberto, via Giolitti 124, 61100 Pesaro ~ Italy (Tel. 0721-455324) ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 2456 1602 34.7% 01-Dec-95 17:46:42 +McCloud 3123 1425 54.3% 04-Dec-95 00:26:26 +McCloud.leggimi 3825 650 83.0% 06-Dec-95 16:02:42 +McCloud.leggimi.info 2917 1285 55.9% 06-Dec-95 00:01:48 +McCloud.readme 3825 651 82.9% 06-Dec-95 16:02:50 +McCloud.readme.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 16146 5613 65.2% 10-Dec-95 23:01:32 5 files