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NPTPASS.XPT Username and password file
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The in built Password for NewPort is "BOB&DAVE" without the quotes.

If you're ambitious you can change the name shown in
the REGISTERED USER : field via reference to the following

First field (encased in quotes) is constructed using codes

06 For A
19 for B
12 C
09 D
11 E
21 F
01 G
14 H
08 I
10 J
05 K
16 L
07 M
13 N
22 O
02 P
17 Q
04 R
26 S
18 T
15 U
23 V
28 W
20 X
27 Y
03 Z
24 " " (SPACE CHARACTER)
25 .
32 0
36 1
29 2
31 3
37 4
35 5
38 6
33 7
34 8
30 9
39 '


Example if name is BOB SMITH

then first field is "192219242607081814"

as using the above code table

The last field is then the first 2 chars of the first fields
step 6 read next 2 chars from that point, step 6 read next 2 etc
up to a maximum of 26 chars. This is used to confirm the
password (a form of checksum)

the third field in this example is

position 1 of the first field for 2 = 19
position 7 of the first field for 2 = 24
position 13 of the first field for 2 = 08

The second field in nptpass.xpt is the users password, created
using the code table

If set to

"2424242424242424242424","","24242424"

then the username and password are blank