Steve Hawtin         Pason 1.0             Oct 1994
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I like the ability to have a password on my Psion,
it makes it more likely that the machine will be 
returned if it is lost.  Unfortunately the in-built
password mechanism forces you to retype your 
password every time the machine is turned on, this 
can work out at hundreds of times a day!

What I wanted was to have a password that I have to
type in first thing in the morning but only once 
a day.  That is what this software provides.

The program depends on the excelent macro system 
from Tom Dolbilin, so will only work on the 3A.  If
you have a Psion 3A you ought to have this 
excelent package installed.  This software requires 
at least Macro 2.0.


Legal Bit
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¸ 1994 Steve Hawtin

This file is copyright Steve Hawtin, it may be 
freely copied provided

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Installation
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To run this program you must already have the 
Macro system installed.

Copy the following files

    pason.opa  to   M:\app\pason.opa
    pason.mco  to   M:\macro\mco\pason.mco

Then install the Pason application on the System 
screen using <Psion-I>.  Now we are ready to start
the program using <Enter> on the application.

When the application starts it will give a dialog.  
Put your current password in as the password and 
a suitable time of day to activate it.  I use 
2:30am as a good time to turn the paasword on.

Once this is done the application is running, you
will see a message telling you the number of 
seconds till the program sets your password.

To add security I would recommend that you now 
remove the application from the System screen via
<Psion-/>.  When you change your password you must
select the running program and stop the 
application using <Psion-Esc> then restart it with 
the new password.  The "Tasklist" macro written by 
Tom Dolbilin is a good way to get to the Pason 
screen.


Why install on the Internal Disk?
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While the program should work if you copy the 
files to A: or B: the fact that M: cannot be 
removed makes it more secure.  I have run the 
program from A: but it has only been fully tested
running on the internal disk.


Manifest
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This release contains six files

    pason.txt     This file
    pason.opl     Source for pason.opa
    pason.icn     Icon for the pason application
    pason.opa     The pason application
    pason.mcr     Source for the pason macro
    pason.mco     The compiled pason macro
    

Acknowledgements
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This software would not exist without the following
people

    Psion           For the machine
    Tom Dolbilin    For the Macro System
    Paul Merriman   For the Cron program

Thanks to them and anyone else who helped


Author
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Suggestions for improvements should be directed to

Steve Hawtin               steve@tsort.demon.co.uk
68 Gloucester Dr
Basingstoke
RG22 4PH, UK