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Newt is my first shareware offering. I debated whether to cripple this version by not allowing you to save any or many methods or to quit automatically after awhile if you had not registered, but I decided that I would rather spend my time figuring out how to add new functionality rather than disable existing features.
Registered users can download* files via http(web) or ftp for the latest versions of packages, additional development plug-ins (listed in plugins.txt), 200+ source examples (listed in examples.htm), and a 80+ page manual** (Acrobat format) describing Newt features and NewtonScript syntax and functions.
As a registered user, you also receive additional packages (Slurpee, beta and native versions of Newt, NewtPack), other information (Q&A documents, tutorials), patches for bugs (though there aren't many), notification about upcoming releases and examples, priority in answers to questions, and feedback on your applications (as time permits). Finally, registration encourages me to continue development of Newt and other shareware packages, and provides immediate relief for you of the insidious "shareware procrastination guilt syndrome".
*File Formats (& Floppies): Although downloading is recommended (you access the most recent files more quickly, and I save time also), you can receive files on Mac (Stuffit format) or DOS (Zip format) floppies if you choose. I assume you already have a decompression utility (StuffitExpander on Mac; PKUNZIP on PC) that can handle archive passwords; for online use, your utility needs to be able to handle ..sit.hqx or .zip text encoding.
**Electronic Documentation: Since the documentation is rapidly growing and changing, it has become impractical to provide a paper manual currently. Documentation is available initially as Acrobat files (with bookmarks, hypertext links; searchable; printable); also as PostScript files (for printing). I will be creating HTML versions of the documentation (using WebMaker to convert from FrameMaker), and Newton Books (using Newt's Cape from HTML). In the future, if there's enough demand, a paper manual might be available for an additional charge; other specific formats like Microsoft Word and DocViewer are not likely since Acrobat, HTML and NewtonBooks should be more useful, common and portable.
When you register, I email* you the location and password for the current "registered" files. If you do not have convenient http/ftp access (or have trouble downloading), you can opt instead for floppies. If floppies, I need to know:
*Email: If you provide me your preferred email address, it's easier for me to clarify options with you, and keep you informed about upcoming releases, examples, etc. If you're registered and have not heard from me in awhile, or you change your email address, please send me email.
If after a few days of trial use of Newt, NewtATut, etc., you find Newt useful and would like to continue using it with a clear conscience and have the additional benefits just mentioned, please stop procrastinating and register. I know this sounds like a pledge break for National Public Television/Radio, but that is the kind of user participation and support that shareware deserves and needs. If you are still not ready to register, don't be afraid to send email -- to ask more about what Newt already provides or tell me what it should have. Knowing users are out there, with some occasional words of encouragement and praise, are important. Money confirms that, covers some costs, and helps justify spending a little more time on Newt in preference to other family or business pursuits.
To register, you can
*registration fee via (US) check = $45.
**registration fee via Compuserve SWREG, Register, or foreign check = $49.50 (this includes several dollars more to cover some of the overhead charges and delays associated with SWREG and Kagi).
If you're a high school student (or younger) or impoverished/starving university student, ask me about a special discount. There are no additional S&H or charges for international users.
Currently registered users can upgrade to download files (or receive floppies) containing with latest releases, examples, and manual for $11 (SWREG #4567; Kagi Register) or $10 (check).
If you tell me where you obtained Newt, e.g., uiowa, AMUG, sumex, AOL, Compuserve, eWorld, CD, friend, other, I can ensure that the latest versions appear there.
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Registration (register.htm):
Newt 3.3
Date: ____________
To: Steve Weyer
17 Timber Knoll Drive
Washington Crossing, PA 18977-1052
Internet: weyer@netaxs.com
weyer@kagi.com; SteveWeyer@acm.org
America Online: SteveWeyer; Compuserve: 74603,2051
http://www.netaxs.com/~weyer/newton/newtdev.htm
From:
[name]
[company] (optional)
[street address]
[city], [state]/[province], [country], [zip]/[postal code]
[phone] and/or [fax] (optional)
[email] (highly recommended)
Examples, Docs (choose A or B):
#A. I'll download everything: _______
(tell me path & password)
#B. Floppies: Mac (.sit) _______ (or) DOS (.zip) _______
Docs: Acrobat(PDF) _______ (or) PostScript _______
Include Acrobat Reader 2.0 _______ (I don't have 2.0 or 2.1)
Where I obtained Newt: ______________
Check for $45 enclosed _____
(Upgrade: $10)
Comments: ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
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Since the documentation is rapidly growing and changing, it's impractical for me to provide a paper manual. There are many benefits to an electronic version:
Why Acrobat? Acrobat Reader is a viewer application for Adobe's family of products based on PDF (Portable Document Format) files; the release includes readme, help and sample documents; other products are Exchange and Distiller. The PDF format and Acrobat API are published. PDF files are compact and cross-platform. FREE versions of Reader are available for Macintosh, Windows, Unix and DOS. URLs for Acrobat.
If you obtain the free Register application for your Newton (most likely on the same system/service where you obtained Newt), you can register shareware and pay electronically via Visa, MC, AMEX, NetCash or FirstVirtual. Look at the readme that accompanies the Register application for more information. Kagi's site
If you can't use the Register application directly, you can send me your credit card info, and I can create an electronic registration for you that encodes this info, and that you can then submit via email (or fax).
Newton. You can start up Register from Extras and select NewtDevEnv, or from within Newt, you can select the $ button within "About Newt". After filling out the electronic form (make sure the application shows Newt or Newt 3.3, and $49.50; $11 if you are a current user upgrading), the registration (with some fields encoded) is sent via email (e.g., Aloha).
Macintosh, Windows. You can also register Newt using a version of Register application on the Macintosh or Windows -- see my releases page.
When I receive confirmation of your registration from Kagi, I will contact you via email to ask about your downloading, floppy (Mac or DOS) and format preferences.
The total registration cost is $49.50 (this helps defray service charges/delays).
Last updated: 24 Nov 96