PASSWORD PRO BY NICK NOLTE VERSION NOTICES --------------- VERSION 1.0 - THIS INITIALLY HAD A 4-CHARACTER PASSWORD, AND THE STAR ONLY POPPED UP WHEN YOU PUSHED THE CORRECT KEY. VERSION 1.1 - CHANGED IT SO WHENEVER YOU PRESS ANY KEY, A STAR APPEARS AND IT CONTINUES WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS THE CORRECT KEYPRESS. VERSION 2.0 - RE-ARRANGED THE SOURCE CODE TO MAKE IT GO A LITTLE FASTER VERSION 2.1 - ADDED A TEN SECOND TIMER, THAT IS PRETTY ACCURATE, BUT IS DEPENDENT ON FREE MEMORY IN YOUR CALCULATOR. THE LESS YOU HAVE, THE SLOWER IT GOES. VERSION 2.11 - ADDED A LITTLE BOX WHERE YOU TYPE THE PASSWORD. ************************************************************************** HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK WITH OTHER PROGRAMS ON YOUR CALCULATOR-- ON THE FIRST LINE OF EVERY PROGRAM YOU WANT PROTECTED (BEFORE ALL OF THE OTHER CODE, INSERT A LINE) PRESS prgm THEN PUSH THE RIGHT ARROW KEY TWICE TO ACCESS THE EXEC MENU, THEN SELECT PASSWORD. THAT LINE WILL LOOK LIKE: :prgmPASSWORD ************************************************************************** TO CHANGE THE PASSWORD IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM ON THE TI-82 THEN CONTACT ME AT tnolte@voyager.net AND TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT THE NEW PASSWORD TO BE, I WILL CHANGE THE PASSWORD AND ATTACH THE PROGRAM TO AN EMAIL NOTICE. IF YOU DO KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM THEN FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS: 1. ACCESS THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE EDIT COMMAND. 2. GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THE PROGRAM TO WHERE YOU SEE AN IF..THEN BLOCK THAT CONTAINS Output(5,3,"ACCESS DENIED"). ABOVE THAT IS THE IF STATEMENT 3. USE YOUR TI-82 REFERENCE MANUAL AND TURN TO THE PROGRAMMING SECTION AND FINE THE PAGE ON THE getkey COMMAND. THAT PAGE HAS A PICTURE OF THE CALCULATOR AND A NUMBER ON EVERY BUTTON (EXCEPT ON). EACH BUTTON IS ASSIGNED A NUMBER, SO THE Y= KEY ON YOUR CALCULATOR IS THE UPPER LEFT MOST KEY ON THE CALCULATOR, LOOK AT THE PICTURE AT THE CORRESPONDING KEY, IT IS REPRESENTED BY THE NUMBER 11. (THE NUMBER CODE FOR THE CURRENT PASSWORD "ROLDGOLD" IS: 75 - 72 - 64 - 51 - 54 - 72 - 64 - 51. R O L D G O L D.) A B C D E F G H IN THE PROGRAM EACH KEYPRESS NUMBER IS STORED TO A VARIABLE. ABOVE EACH LETTER VALUE IS STORED TO THE CORRESPONDING VARIABLE. 4. YOU MUST HAVE A 8-LETTER PASSWORD OR IT WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. ************************************************************************** IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR NEED TO REPORT A BUG ------------------------------------------------- If you have any problems or need to report a bug, E-mail me with a description of the problem and how it occcurred, and I will try to fix it as soon as possible. Email to tnolte@voyager.net