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From: schulz@informatik.uni-kl.de (Stefan Schulz [Inf.])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews
Subject: REVIEW: Nerv version 1.0
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Date: 26 Jul 1994 21:10:29 GMT
Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett
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Sender: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu (comp.sys.amiga.reviews moderator)
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Reply-To: schulz@informatik.uni-kl.de (Stefan Schulz [Inf.])
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Keywords: annoyance, shareware
Originator: barrett@karazm.math.uh.edu
PRODUCT NAME
Nerv, version 1.0
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
Nerv simulates working with an unregistered shareware program.
AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION
Name: KLOAKE Soft
Address: <none given>
E-mail: mluehr@htwm.de
LIST PRICE
Shareware: 30.- DEM (German currency only).
Available on Aminet (pub/aminet/util/misc/Nerv.lha on
wuarchive.wustl.edu and possibly other mirror sites).
SPECIAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
HARDWARE
Kickstart 37.175 or higher (AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher).
SOFTWARE
exec.library
dos.library
intuition.library
COPY PROTECTION
None.
MACHINE USED FOR TESTING
Amiga 500/7, 2 MB Fast RAM, 1 MB Chip RAM, 5 MB Missing RAM.
1 internal 880K floppy
1 external 880K floppy
Quantum 240 MB external hard drive.
Sucking Monitor
AmigaDOS 2.0.
2 Bottles of Coke
INSTALLATION
One line must be added manually to the startup-sequence, and one
program must be copied to the C: directory.
REVIEW
The product is submitted in three different languages: German,
English and Swabian. After running one of the versions, an annoying
requester appears every few seconds. It has four buttons that all do the
same thing: close the requester.
After you have acknowledged the requester several times, you really
get annoyed. It's really not possible to work while running Nerv, as the
Workbench screen pops up every time with the requester on it.
It seems to multitask nicely -- when you don't respond to one
of its requesters for a while, a second requester pops up.
If you run the program from the CLI, it may be terminated easily by
pressing the usual control-C key sequence. If you run it as mentioned in
the manual -- installing it in the startup-sequence -- you can send a break
signal to Nerv to terminate the program. I was a little disappointed that I
could stop the program from annoying me without being registered. It also
had no problems with any other program running in the background, which is a
misfeature.
DOCUMENTATION
German documentation only. The program is to be used intuitively
and does not need any documentation, though.
LIKES
It really does what the term "Suckware" promises. After you have
answered the requester for at least the 7th time, it really gets annoying.
I really like the Swabian version.
DISLIKES AND SUGGESTIONS
You can break the program by sending a control-C signal to it. This
feature should be removed or changed to a less usual key-combination.
There should be more buttons and fewer different texts in them.
It is too easy to deinstall the program. Deinstallation should be
possible only with registered versions.
COMPARISON TO OTHER SIMILAR PRODUCTS
There are NO other similar products on market.
BUGS
It works.
VENDOR SUPPORT
User pays extra for ordering the packet.
WARRANTY
The program comes with a promise to annoy you as long as you run it.
CONCLUSIONS
It's one of the most useless products ever, but it is worth using.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
This review is Shareware. If you want to read it more than once, you
have to register it. The price for it is (standardized) 30.- DEM (German
currency only). For getting the account number, send me a mail. ;o)
- Stefan Schulz
schulz@informatik.uni-kl.de
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