What is KODE?

KODE is a DOS utility I wrote so that I could scramble and unscramble files.

KODE is a command line tool to be used in MSDOS or Windows MSDOS Mode.
KODE requires no installation.  It can reside in the directory where you
are scrambling files or in any directory that's included in your path
statement.

KODE is not a free program but it is in no way crippled.  At a cost of
only $2.00 it is hoped that you will feel compelled to pay for it.  Feel
free to distribute the program as you will but please include this README.TXT
file along with it.

To use KODE, lets assume you have a file named SECRETS.TXT that you want to
protect prior to e-mailing to someone.  If you want to name the protected file
SECRETS.KOD.  Just enter the following.

KODE SECRETS.TXT SECRETS.KOD <ENTER>

If you have questions about KODE, please e-mail them to me at:
beanpole@sprynet.com

If you like KODE look for other programming utilities I have written.

STRIPPCX - Strips the header and palette from a PCX file (any size).  This
allows you to use separate graphics files in your programs that are not
recognized by graphics viewers.

PCXTODAT - Unpacks a PCX file to a binary data string and creates an RGB
palette file.  Open the external files from within your program or imbed them
into your executables by passing them through DATTOHEX and use them as
"include" files.

DISSECT - A very small and very fast utility for chopping up a file to fit
on 1.4 meg floppies.

DATTOHEX - A programming utility for converting a binary file to ASCII
hexadecimal in the form commonly required by assemblers.  I use it to
convert a file and "include" it in a program.  It works great to imbed
graphics in an executable.

FILECOMP - Fast commandline utility to compare two files of any type or size.

All of these utilities were written in assembly and are very small executable
files.  I have used them for some time in my own programming and find them
indispensable.

                        Keep Programming

                                  M. Thompson
