NewsWatcher is free. It may not be sold for profit or included with other software, products, publications, or services which are sold for profit without the permission of Northwestern University, but otherwise you should feel free to use it and redistribute it. 

The anonymous FTP site for the program, the user document, and the CodeWarrior C source code is:

   ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/

The helper programs used by NewsWatcher are available via anonymous FTP at:

   ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/helpers/

NewsWatcher requires a Macintosh running System 7.0 or later with 2.5 megabytes or more of memory and a hard drive. The Mac must be connected to the Internet, and MacTCP or Open Transport must be properly installed and configured.

NewsWatcher is distributed as a “fat binary”. This means that it runs in native 68K mode on Motorola 68K Macintoshes, and it runs in native PowerPC mode on Power Macintoshes. 

For dialup use, NewsWatcher works with the various SLIP and PPP programs, and with ARA together with an appropriately configured AppleTalk/IP gateway. It is strictly an online newsreader, and it does not support any other kind of dialup connection. The program requires an active full TCP/IP connection to the Internet. It does not support offline newsreading, and it does not support older kinds of dialup connections designed primarily for simple terminal emulation. We have no plans to add these features soon, if at all. If you need an offline newsreader or a newsreader which works with older kinds of dialup connections, you must use some other program.

NewsWatcher was written by John Norstad of Northwestern University:

   mailto:j-norstad@nwu.edu

If you have a comment, question, or suggestion about NewsWatcher, please read the user document for the program before writing to the author. Most questions are answered in the user document. In particular, see the “Getting Started” chapter for basic instructions on how to use the program, and see Appendix F for a list of “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs) and their answers. If you don’t have a copy of the user document, you can get it via anonymous FTP. Hold down the Command key and click anywhere in the following line:

   ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/user-doc.postcard.sea.hqx

Before writing to the author, also please check the FTP site to make certain you have the most recent version of the program.

For information on licensing NewsWatcher for commercial use (e.g., for inclusion with other commercial software, products, publications, or services), contact Andy Rosenau of Northwestern University:

   mailto:ar@nwu.edu

The program is based on the original version 1.0.2 written by Steve Falkenburg of Apple Computer. John Werner of Taligent is a major contributor. Thanks also to the following people who helped test development and beta versions, helped with design discussions, and/or helped with code contributions: Apple DTS, Ross Brown, Steven Carmody, Brian Clark, Adam Engst, Ron Flax, Aaron Giles, Haydn Huntley, Steve Klingsporn, Jean-Pierre Kuypers, Robert Lentz, Peter Lewis, Jim Matthews, Andrea Norstad, Jeremy Norstad, Lasse Hillerøe Petersen, André Pirard, Quinn, Howard Rafal, Pete Resnick, Craig Richmond, Larry Rosenstein, Leonard Rosenthol, Jeroen Scheerder, Michael Shappe, Eric Slosser, Stephan Somogyi, Neal Trautman, Dean Yu, Mahboud Zabetian, and the nice people on comp.sys.mac.comm.

Special thanks to Steve Dorner, both for his advice and assistance, and for his “Eudora” mail program, which has served as a consistent source of inspiration for NewsWatcher in particular and as a standard of excellence for Macintosh Internet software in general.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PROVIDES NEWSWATCHER AS IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR PROMISE OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT.  NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY OF ANY KIND FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM THE USE OF NEWSWATCHER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IS AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 

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